#448AD8#448AD8

#448AD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.138 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448AD8
RGB	rgb(68, 138, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 36.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 3.15, -46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 46.48, 273.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0403 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.138 253)
XYZ	xyz(23.8625, 24.3613, 68.3970)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448AD8 #D89244

analogous

#44D4D8 #448AD8 #4844D8

triadic

#448AD8 #D8448A #8AD844

tetradic

#448AD8 #D844D4 #D89244 #44D848

square

#448AD8 #D844D4 #D89244 #44D848

split-complementary

#448AD8 #D84844 #D4D844

monochromatic

#1C4E86 #266BB8 #448AD8 #77AAE3 #A9C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#448AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#448AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448AD8

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448AD8	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5281D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 138, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.138 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abe4',
    500: '#448ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ad8;
$custom-light: #88abe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.622,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62476,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.24364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448AD8

secondary

#DBBE9D

accent

#983FE8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #448AD8

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

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