#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
RGBrgb(68, 185, 216)
HSLhsl(193, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(193, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.09, -22.81, -25.12)
CIE-LCHlch(70.09, 33.93, 227.76°)
OKLaboklab(73.3% -0.0867 -0.07)
OKLCHoklch(73.3% 0.111 218.9)
XYZxyz(32.1224, 40.8811, 71.1503)
Luminance0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##44B9D81.002.299.189.18
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1821.001.001.00
##0000009.1821.001.001.00

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

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#44B9D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva