#44B9D8#44B9D8

#44B9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B9D8
RGB	rgb(68, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -22.81, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 33.93, 227.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0867 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.111 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1224, 40.8811, 71.1503)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B9D8 #D86344

analogous

#44D8AD #44B9D8 #446FD8

triadic

#44B9D8 #D844B9 #B9D844

tetradic

#44B9D8 #AD44D8 #D86344 #6FD844

square

#44B9D8 #AD44D8 #D86344 #6FD844

split-complementary

#44B9D8 #D8446F #D8AD44

monochromatic

#1C7086 #269AB8 #44B9D8 #77CCE3 #A9DFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#44B9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#44B9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B9D8

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B9D8	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acee4',
    500: '#44b9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b9d8;
$custom-light: #8acee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.568,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73302,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B9D8

secondary

#DBAA9D

accent

#633FE8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B9D8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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