#44B9DC#44B9DC

#44B9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.114 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B9DC
RGB	rgb(68, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -21.56, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 34.61, 231.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0852 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.114 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6458, 41.0905, 73.9070)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B9DC #DC6744

analogous

#44DCB3 #44B9DC #446DDC

triadic

#44B9DC #DC44B9 #B9DC44

tetradic

#44B9DC #B344DC #DC6744 #6DDC44

square

#44B9DC #B344DC #DC6744 #6DDC44

split-complementary

#44B9DC #DC446D #DCB344

monochromatic

#1A718B #249BBF #44B9DC #78CCE6 #ABE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#44B9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#44B9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B9DC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B9DC	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.114 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acee7',
    500: '#44b9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b9dc;
$custom-light: #8acee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.816,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73468,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B9DC

secondary

#DDAD9F

accent

#653CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B9DC

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

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