#448CB9#448CB9

#448CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.099 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448CB9
RGB	rgb(68, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(203, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -8.56, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 31.41, 254.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0515 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.099 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5156, 23.4858, 49.3416)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448CB9 #B97144

analogous

#44B9AC #448CB9 #4452B9

triadic

#448CB9 #B9448C #8CB944

tetradic

#448CB9 #AC44B9 #B97144 #52B944

square

#448CB9 #AC44B9 #B97144 #52B944

split-complementary

#448CB9 #B94452 #B9AC44

monochromatic

#23485F #346A8C #448CB9 #70A8CA #9DC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#448CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#448CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448CB9

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448CB9	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.099 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adce',
    500: '#448cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448cb9;
$custom-light: #83adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61305,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448CB9

secondary

#C7A692

accent

#8552D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #448CB9

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

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