#448BA9#448BA9

#448BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.084 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448BA9
RGB	rgb(68, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -13.17, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 26.12, 239.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0562 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.084 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7752, 22.5569, 40.8929)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448BA9 #A96244

analogous

#44A995 #448BA9 #4459A9

triadic

#448BA9 #A9448B #8BA944

tetradic

#448BA9 #9544A9 #A96244 #59A944

square

#448BA9 #9544A9 #A96244 #59A944

split-complementary

#448BA9 #A94459 #A99544

monochromatic

#214352 #32677D #448BA9 #68A7C2 #94C1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#448BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#448BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448BA9

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448BA9	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.084 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adc2',
    500: '#448ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ba9;
$custom-light: #81adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.822,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60328,
    "c": 0.08432,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448BA9

secondary

#BF9989

accent

#7B55D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448BA9

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

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