#44B8E6#44B8E6
#44B8E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.121 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #44B8E6 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(68, 184, 230) |
| HSL | hsl(197, 76%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(197, 70%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(70.4%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.33, -17.86, -32.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.33, 36.99, 241.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.67% -0.0805 -0.0908) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.67% 0.121 228.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.8015, 41.2192, 81.0222) |
| Luminance | 0.4122 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Deepskyblue
#00BFFF
ΔE00 3.89
Bright Sky Blue
#02CCFE
ΔE00 5.52
Lightblue (survey)
#7BC8F6
ΔE00 6.39
Sky
#82CAFC
ΔE00 7.85
Baby Blue
#89CFF0
ΔE00 8.03
Lightskyblue
#87CEFA
ΔE00 8.05
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#44B8E6 #E67244
analogous
#44E6C3 #44B8E6 #4467E6
triadic
#44B8E6 #E644B8 #B8E644
tetradic
#44B8E6 #C344E6 #E67244 #67E644
square
#44B8E6 #C344E6 #E67244 #67E644
split-complementary
#44B8E6 #E64467 #E6C344
monochromatic
#15759B #1C9DD1 #44B8E6 #7ACCED #B0E1F4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#44B8E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.24
#44B8E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #44B8E6
9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##44B8E6 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##44B8E6 | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.24 | 9.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0B5E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA5E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #44b8e6; /* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 184, 230); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.121 228.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8bcdee',
500: '#44b8e6',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #44b8e6; $custom-light: #8bcdee; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#44b8e6",
"rgb": {
"r": 68,
"g": 184,
"b": 230
},
"hsl": {
"h": 197.037,
"s": 76.415,
"l": 58.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73666,
"c": 0.12139,
"h": 228.4
},
"luminance": 0.41223
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#44B8E6
secondary
#E3B5A3
accent
#6B35F3
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284