#448CA9#448CA9

#448CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.084 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448CA9
RGB	rgb(68, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -13.72, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 26.00, 238.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.0573 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.084 227)
XYZ	xyz(18.9206, 22.8479, 40.9414)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448CA9 #A96144

analogous

#44A994 #448CA9 #445AA9

triadic

#448CA9 #A9448C #8CA944

tetradic

#448CA9 #9444A9 #A96144 #5AA944

square

#448CA9 #9444A9 #A96144 #5AA944

split-complementary

#448CA9 #A9445A #A99444

monochromatic

#214452 #32687D #448CA9 #68A8C2 #94C1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#448CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#448CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448CA9

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448CA9	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.084 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adc2',
    500: '#448ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ca9;
$custom-light: #81adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.228,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60569,
    "c": 0.08411,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.2285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448CA9

secondary

#BF9989

accent

#7955D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448CA9

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

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