#44B9DD#44B9DD

#44B9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.115 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B9DD
RGB	rgb(68, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -21.25, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 34.81, 232.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0848 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.115 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7787, 41.1436, 74.6066)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B9DD #DD6844

analogous

#44DDB5 #44B9DD #446DDD

triadic

#44B9DD #DD44B9 #B9DD44

tetradic

#44B9DD #B544DD #DD6844 #6DDD44

square

#44B9DD #B544DD #DD6844 #6DDD44

split-complementary

#44B9DD #DD446D #DDB544

monochromatic

#1A728D #239CC1 #44B9DD #78CCE6 #ACE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#44B9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#44B9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B9DD

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B9DD	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.115 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acee7',
    500: '#44b9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b9dd;
$custom-light: #8acee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7351,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B9DD

secondary

#DEAE9F

accent

#653CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B9DD

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

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