#448AA4#448AA4

#448AA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.081 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448AA4
RGB	rgb(68, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, -14.19, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 24.88, 235.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% -0.057 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.081 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1706, 22.0845, 38.4199)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448AA4 #A45E44

analogous

#44A48E #448AA4 #445AA4

triadic

#448AA4 #A4448A #8AA444

tetradic

#448AA4 #8E44A4 #A45E44 #5AA444

square

#448AA4 #8E44A4 #A45E44 #5AA444

split-complementary

#448AA4 #A4445A #A48E44

monochromatic

#20414D #326679 #448AA4 #66A7BF #91C0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#448AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#448AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448AA4

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448AA4	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.081 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acbf',
    500: '#448aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448aa4;
$custom-light: #80acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59868,
    "c": 0.0805,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448AA4

secondary

#BD9687

accent

#7857D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448AA4

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

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