#448AA8#448AA8

#448AA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.084 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448AA8
RGB	rgb(68, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(198, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -12.93, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 25.95, 240.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.0554 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.084 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5375, 22.2313, 40.3523)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448AA8 #A86244

analogous

#44A894 #448AA8 #4458A8

triadic

#448AA8 #A8448A #8AA844

tetradic

#448AA8 #9444A8 #A86244 #58A844

square

#448AA8 #9444A8 #A86244 #58A844

split-complementary

#448AA8 #A84458 #A89444

monochromatic

#214251 #32667C #448AA8 #68A7C2 #93C0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#448AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#448AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448AA8

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448AA8	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.084 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acc2',
    500: '#448aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448aa8;
$custom-light: #81acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60043,
    "c": 0.08372,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448AA8

secondary

#BF9989

accent

#7B56D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448AA8

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

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