#448AD6#448AD6

#448AD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.135 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448AD6
RGB	rgb(68, 138, 214)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 35.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 2.45, -45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 45.48, 273.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0408 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.135 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6055, 24.2585, 67.0436)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448AD6 #D69044

analogous

#44D3D6 #448AD6 #4744D6

triadic

#448AD6 #D6448A #8AD644

tetradic

#448AD6 #D644D3 #D69044 #44D647

square

#448AD6 #D644D3 #D69044 #44D647

split-complementary

#448AD6 #D64744 #D3D644

monochromatic

#1D4E83 #286BB5 #448AD6 #76A9E1 #A8C9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#448AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#448AD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448AD6

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448AD6	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 138, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.135 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abe3',
    500: '#448ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ad6;
$custom-light: #87abe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.233,
    "s": 64.035,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62363,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448AD6

secondary

#D9BC9C

accent

#9741E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #448AD6

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

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