#44C5EC#44C5EC

#44C5EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.123 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44C5EC
RGB	rgb(68, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 82%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -22.67, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 37.19, 232.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0909 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.123 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4842, 47.2132, 86.4781)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44C5EC #EC6B44

analogous

#44ECBF #44C5EC #4471EC

triadic

#44C5EC #EC44C5 #C5EC44

tetradic

#44C5EC #BF44EC #EC6B44 #71EC44

square

#44C5EC #BF44EC #EC6B44 #71EC44

split-complementary

#44C5EC #EC4471 #ECBF44

monochromatic

#1182A5 #16AEDC #44C5EC #7CD6F2 #B3E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#44C5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#44C5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44C5EC

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44C5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44C5EC	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44c5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.123 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6f2',
    500: '#44c5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44c5ec;
$custom-light: #8dd6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44c5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.929,
    "s": 81.553,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76941,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44C5EC

secondary

#E6B4A5

accent

#5E30F8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #44C5EC

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

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