#44BCDE#44BCDE

#44BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.115 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BCDE
RGB	rgb(68, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -22.47, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 34.90, 229.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0874 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.115 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5465, 42.4655, 75.5217)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BCDE #DE6644

analogous

#44DEB3 #44BCDE #446FDE

triadic

#44BCDE #DE44BC #BCDE44

tetradic

#44BCDE #B344DE #DE6644 #6FDE44

square

#44BCDE #B344DE #DE6644 #6FDE44

split-complementary

#44BCDE #DE446F #DEB344

monochromatic

#19758E #229FC2 #44BCDE #78CFE7 #ACE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#44BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#44BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BCDE

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BCDE	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)

#A7B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.115 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e8',
    500: '#44bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bcde;
$custom-light: #8bd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.247,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74256,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BCDE

secondary

#DEAD9F

accent

#623BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BCDE

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

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