#44BCE5#44BCE5

#44BCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BCE5
RGB	rgb(68, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -20.27, -30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 36.30, 236.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0848 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.12 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5042, 42.8486, 80.5657)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BCE5 #E56D44

analogous

#44E5BE #44BCE5 #446BE5

triadic

#44BCE5 #E544BC #BCE544

tetradic

#44BCE5 #BE44E5 #E56D44 #6BE544

square

#44BCE5 #BE44E5 #E56D44 #6BE544

split-complementary

#44BCE5 #E5446B #E5BE44

monochromatic

#157899 #1DA2CF #44BCE5 #7ACFEC #AFE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#44BCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#44BCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BCE5

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BCE5	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0ed',
    500: '#44bce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bce5;
$custom-light: #8cd0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.28,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74552,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BCE5

secondary

#E2B3A2

accent

#6636F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BCE5

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

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