#448EA2#448EA2

#448EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.079 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448EA2
RGB	rgb(68, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(193, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, -16.99, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 24.42, 225.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.0624 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.079 218)
XYZ	xyz(18.5759, 23.1818, 37.6710)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448EA2 #A25844

analogous

#44A287 #448EA2 #445FA2

triadic

#448EA2 #A2448E #8EA244

tetradic

#448EA2 #8744A2 #A25844 #5FA244

square

#448EA2 #8744A2 #A25844 #5FA244

split-complementary

#448EA2 #A2445F #A28744

monochromatic

#20424C #326877 #448EA2 #65ABBE #90C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#448EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#448EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448EA2

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448EA2	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	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)

#818AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.079 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afbd',
    500: '#448ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ea2;
$custom-light: #81afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60757,
    "c": 0.0791,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.23184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448EA2

secondary

#BC9186

accent

#7157D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448EA2

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

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