#448AA9#448AA9

#448AA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.085 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448AA9
RGB	rgb(68, 138, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -12.62, -23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 26.25, 241.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% -0.0551 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.085 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6310, 22.2687, 40.8449)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448AA9 #A96344

analogous

#44A996 #448AA9 #4458A9

triadic

#448AA9 #A9448A #8AA944

tetradic

#448AA9 #9644A9 #A96344 #58A944

square

#448AA9 #9644A9 #A96344 #58A944

split-complementary

#448AA9 #A94458 #A99644

monochromatic

#214352 #32667D #448AA9 #68A7C2 #94C0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#448AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#448AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448AA9

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448AA9	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	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)

#7A88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 138, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.085 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acc2',
    500: '#448aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448aa9;
$custom-light: #81acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.416,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60087,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448AA9

secondary

#BF9A89

accent

#7C55D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448AA9

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

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