#44BBE6#44BBE6

#44BBE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.121 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BBE6
RGB	rgb(68, 187, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -19.43, -31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 36.63, 237.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0835 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.121 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4313, 42.4788, 81.2322)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BBE6 #E66F44

analogous

#44E6C0 #44BBE6 #446AE6

triadic

#44BBE6 #E644BB #BBE644

tetradic

#44BBE6 #C044E6 #E66F44 #6AE644

square

#44BBE6 #C044E6 #E66F44 #6AE644

split-complementary

#44BBE6 #E6446A #E6C044

monochromatic

#15779B #1CA1D1 #44BBE6 #7ACFED #B0E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#44BBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#44BBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BBE6

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BBE6	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 187, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.121 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfee',
    500: '#44bbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bbe6;
$custom-light: #8ccfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.926,
    "s": 76.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74362,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BBE6

secondary

#E3B4A3

accent

#6735F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BBE6

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

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