#44BBE5#44BBE5

#44BBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.120 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BBE5
RGB	rgb(68, 187, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -19.75, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 36.39, 237.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0838 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.12 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2913, 42.4228, 80.4947)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#44BBE5 #E56E44

analogous

#44E5BE #44BBE5 #446AE5

triadic

#44BBE5 #E544BB #BBE544

tetradic

#44BBE5 #BE44E5 #E56E44 #6AE544

square

#44BBE5 #BE44E5 #E56E44 #6AE544

split-complementary

#44BBE5 #E5446A #E5BE44

monochromatic

#157799 #1DA1CF #44BBE5 #7ACFEC #AFE2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#44BBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#44BBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BBE5

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BBE5	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 187, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.120 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfed',
    500: '#44bbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bbe5;
$custom-light: #8bcfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74319,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BBE5

secondary

#E2B3A2

accent

#6736F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BBE5

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

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