#448EA5#448EA5

#448EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.081 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448EA5
RGB	rgb(68, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, -16.07, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 24.96, 229.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0611 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.081 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8458, 23.2897, 39.0922)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448EA5 #A55B44

analogous

#44A58B #448EA5 #445DA5

triadic

#448EA5 #A5448E #8EA544

tetradic

#448EA5 #8B44A5 #A55B44 #5DA544

square

#448EA5 #8B44A5 #A55B44 #5DA544

split-complementary

#448EA5 #A5445D #A58B44

monochromatic

#20434E #32697A #448EA5 #66ABC0 #92C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#448EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#448EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448EA5

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448EA5	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.081 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afbf',
    500: '#448ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ea5;
$custom-light: #81afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.227,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60882,
    "c": 0.08096,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448EA5

secondary

#BD9487

accent

#7456D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448EA5

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

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