#44BDE5#44BDE5

#44BDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.119 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BDE5
RGB	rgb(68, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -20.78, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 36.22, 234.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0858 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.119 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7186, 43.2773, 80.6371)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BDE5 #E56C44

analogous

#44E5BD #44BDE5 #446CE5

triadic

#44BDE5 #E544BD #BDE544

tetradic

#44BDE5 #BD44E5 #E56C44 #6CE544

square

#44BDE5 #BD44E5 #E56C44 #6CE544

split-complementary

#44BDE5 #E5446C #E5BD44

monochromatic

#157899 #1DA3CF #44BDE5 #7AD0EC #AFE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#44BDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#44BDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BDE5

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BDE5	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)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.119 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1ed',
    500: '#44bde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bde5;
$custom-light: #8cd1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.907,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74784,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BDE5

secondary

#E2B2A2

accent

#6436F2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BDE5

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

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