#448BB9#448BB9

#448BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.100 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448BB9
RGB	rgb(68, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, -7.99, -30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 31.71, 255.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0504 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.1 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3701, 23.1949, 49.2931)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448BB9 #B97244

analogous

#44B9AD #448BB9 #4450B9

triadic

#448BB9 #B9448B #8BB944

tetradic

#448BB9 #AD44B9 #B97244 #50B944

square

#448BB9 #AD44B9 #B97244 #50B944

split-complementary

#448BB9 #B94450 #B9AD44

monochromatic

#23485F #34698C #448BB9 #70A7CA #9DC2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#448BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#448BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448BB9

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448BB9	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.100 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acce',
    500: '#448bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448bb9;
$custom-light: #83acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.59,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6107,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448BB9

secondary

#C7A792

accent

#8652D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #448BB9

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

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