#448CA6#448CA6

#448CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.082 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448CA6
RGB	rgb(68, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -14.67, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 25.24, 234.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0585 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.082 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6422, 22.7365, 39.4751)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448CA6 #A65E44

analogous

#44A68F #448CA6 #445BA6

triadic

#448CA6 #A6448C #8CA644

tetradic

#448CA6 #8F44A6 #A65E44 #5BA644

square

#448CA6 #8F44A6 #A65E44 #5BA644

split-complementary

#448CA6 #A6445B #A68F44

monochromatic

#20434F #32677B #448CA6 #67A9C1 #92C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#448CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#448CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448CA6

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448CA6	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.082 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adc0',
    500: '#448ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ca6;
$custom-light: #81adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60439,
    "c": 0.08178,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448CA6

secondary

#BE9688

accent

#7756D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448CA6

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

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