#448BAD#448BAD

#448BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.088 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448BAD
RGB	rgb(68, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(199, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -11.90, -24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 27.33, 244.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0547 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.088 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1564, 22.7095, 42.9009)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448BAD #AD6644

analogous

#44AD9B #448BAD #4456AD

triadic

#448BAD #AD448B #8BAD44

tetradic

#448BAD #9B44AD #AD6644 #56AD44

square

#448BAD #9B44AD #AD6644 #56AD44

split-complementary

#448BAD #AD4456 #AD9B44

monochromatic

#214455 #336881 #448BAD #6AA7C4 #96C1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#448BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#448BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448BAD

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448BAD	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.088 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acc5',
    500: '#448bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448bad;
$custom-light: #82acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.429,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60507,
    "c": 0.08782,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448BAD

secondary

#C19D8B

accent

#7E54D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #448BAD

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

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