#44B9DF#44B9DF

#44B9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.116 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44B9DF
RGB	rgb(68, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -20.62, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 35.21, 234.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0841 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.116 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0467, 41.2508, 76.0183)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44B9DF #DF6A44

analogous

#44DFB8 #44B9DF #446BDF

triadic

#44B9DF #DF44B9 #B9DF44

tetradic

#44B9DF #B844DF #DF6A44 #6BDF44

square

#44B9DF #B844DF #DF6A44 #6BDF44

split-complementary

#44B9DF #DF446B #DFB844

monochromatic

#197390 #229CC4 #44B9DF #78CDE8 #ADE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#44B9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#44B9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44B9DF

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44B9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44B9DF	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44b9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.116 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcee9',
    500: '#44b9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44b9df;
$custom-light: #8bcee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44b9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.71,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73595,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44B9DF

secondary

#DFAFA0

accent

#663AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44B9DF

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

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