#448BA5#448BA5

#448BA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.081 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448BA5
RGB	rgb(68, 139, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, -14.43, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 25.06, 234.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% -0.0577 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.081 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4054, 22.4090, 38.9454)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448BA5 #A55E44

analogous

#44A58E #448BA5 #445BA5

triadic

#448BA5 #A5448B #8BA544

tetradic

#448BA5 #8E44A5 #A55E44 #5BA544

square

#448BA5 #8E44A5 #A55E44 #5BA544

split-complementary

#448BA5 #A5445B #A58E44

monochromatic

#20424E #32667A #448BA5 #66A8C0 #92C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#448BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#448BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448BA5

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448BA5	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 139, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.081 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adbf',
    500: '#448ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ba5;
$custom-light: #81adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.082,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60154,
    "c": 0.08114,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448BA5

secondary

#BD9687

accent

#7756D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448BA5

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

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