#44BAE5#44BAE5

#44BAE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BAE5
RGB	rgb(68, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -19.23, -31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 36.49, 238.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0828 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.12 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0799, 42.0000, 80.4243)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BAE5 #E56F44

analogous

#44E5C0 #44BAE5 #4469E5

triadic

#44BAE5 #E544BA #BAE544

tetradic

#44BAE5 #C044E5 #E56F44 #69E544

square

#44BAE5 #C044E5 #E56F44 #69E544

split-complementary

#44BAE5 #E54469 #E5C044

monochromatic

#157699 #1D9FCF #44BAE5 #7ACEEC #AFE2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#44BAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#44BAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BAE5

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BAE5	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bceed',
    500: '#44bae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bae5;
$custom-light: #8bceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.025,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74086,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BAE5

secondary

#E2B3A2

accent

#6836F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BAE5

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

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