#44CCCC

sRGB: 68 / 204 / 204

Silver raindrops shimmer beneath moonlight
Majestic waterfalls thunder through timeless canyons
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#44CCCC belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 68 red, 204 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 180.0° lands in the cyan region. Its 57.1% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 53.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.75:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 68, 204, 204
HSL: 180.00°, 57.14%, 53.33%
HSV / HSB: 180.00°, 66.67%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 66.67%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 34.874, 48.772, 64.705
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 75.309, -35.622, -10.705
WCAG relative luminance: 0.48774
24-bit decimal: 4508876

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #44CCCC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.75:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.95:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#CC4444 sits half a turn (180°) from #44CCCC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#44CCCC #CC4444

Analogous

#44CC88 and #4488CC sit 30° to either side of #44CCCC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#44CC88 #44CCCC #4488CC

Triadic

#44CCCC, #CC44CC and #CCCC44 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#44CCCC #CC44CC #CCCC44

Split complementary

Start at #44CCCC and look across the wheel. #CC4488 and #CC8844 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#44CCCC #CC4488 #CC8844

Square

Starting with #44CCCC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #8844CC, #CC4444, then #88CC44. Across the square, #44CCCC pairs with #CC4444, and #8844CC with #88CC44.

#44CCCC #8844CC #CC4444 #88CC44

Tetradic

#44CCCC and #CC4444 are opposites, as are #4444CC and #CCCC44. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#44CCCC #4444CC #CC4444 #CCCC44

Tints

Mixing #44CCCC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #69D6D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #DAF5F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#44CCCC #69D6D6 #8FE0E0 #B4EBEB #DAF5F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #44CCCC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #36A3A3, keeps 80% of the original. By #0E2929, the mixture is 80% black.

#44CCCC #36A3A3 #297A7A #1B5252 #0E2929 #000000

Tones

Mixing #44CCCC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #50BDBD, keeps 80% of the original. By #748F8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#44CCCC #50BDBD #5CAEAE #689E9E #748F8F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#44CCCC

RGB

rgb(68 204 204)

HSL

hsl(180.000 57.143% 53.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #44CCCC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#44CCCC uses 68 red, 204 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 26.7%

Green 80.0%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #44CCCC is 66.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 66.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #44CCCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #4CC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #44CCCC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #33CCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #44CCCC Nearest web-safe: #33CCCC

Gradient to complement

#44CCCC #5BB5B5 #719F9F #888888 #9F7171 #B55B5B #CC4444

Color vision previews

Compare how #44CCCC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#BFC2CC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00D2CC

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A0C4CD

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#96BCCD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3ECDCB

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B9B9B9

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#8FC3C3

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.05781 G 0.60383 B 0.60383

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.42983 G 0.78921 B 0.79447

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.15475 G 0.58570 B 0.59450

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.235 y 0.329 Y 48.772

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 73.333 M % 20.000 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01000100 11001100 11001100