#44BCED#44BCED

#44BCED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.126 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BCED
RGB	rgb(68, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -17.71, -33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 38.32, 242.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0819 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.126 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6470, 43.3057, 86.5845)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#44BCED #ED7544

analogous

#44EDC9 #44BCED #4468ED

triadic

#44BCED #ED44BC #BCED44

tetradic

#44BCED #C944ED #ED7544 #68ED44

square

#44BCED #C944ED #ED7544 #68ED44

split-complementary

#44BCED #ED4468 #EDC944

monochromatic

#107BA7 #15A4DE #44BCED #7CD0F2 #B4E4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#44BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#44BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BCED

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BCED	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.126 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0f3',
    500: '#44bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bced;
$custom-light: #8dd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.396,
    "s": 82.439,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74902,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BCED

secondary

#E7B9A6

accent

#6A2FF9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BCED

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

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