#448BCB#448BCB

#448BCB is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.121 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448BCB
RGB	rgb(68, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, -1.93, -39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 39.67, 267.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% -0.0448 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.121 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3920, 24.0037, 59.9414)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448BCB #CB8444

analogous

#44CBC7 #448BCB #4448CB

triadic

#448BCB #CB448B #8BCB44

tetradic

#448BCB #C744CB #CB8444 #48CB44

square

#448BCB #C744CB #CB8444 #48CB44

split-complementary

#448BCB #CB4448 #CBC744

monochromatic

#204C74 #2E6CA4 #448BCB #74A9D8 #A4C6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#448BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#448BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448BCB

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448BCB	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.121 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acdb',
    500: '#448bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448bcb;
$custom-light: #86acdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.444,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61986,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448BCB

secondary

#D3B498

accent

#9048E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #448BCB

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

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