#448BA6#448BA6

#448BA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.082 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448BA6
RGB	rgb(68, 139, 166)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 16.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, -14.12, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 25.31, 236.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0573 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.082 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4968, 22.4456, 39.4267)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448BA6 #A65F44

analogous

#44A690 #448BA6 #445AA6

triadic

#448BA6 #A6448B #8BA644

tetradic

#448BA6 #9044A6 #A65F44 #5AA644

square

#448BA6 #9044A6 #A65F44 #5AA644

split-complementary

#448BA6 #A6445A #A69044

monochromatic

#20424F #32677B #448BA6 #67A8C1 #92C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#448BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#448BA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448BA6

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448BA6	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 139, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.082 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adc0',
    500: '#448ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ba6;
$custom-light: #81adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.531,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60197,
    "c": 0.0819,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448BA6

secondary

#BE9788

accent

#7856D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448BA6

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

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