#448EA6#448EA6

#448EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.082 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448EA6
RGB	rgb(68, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, -15.76, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 25.16, 231.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0607 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.082 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9371, 23.3263, 39.5734)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448EA6 #A65C44

analogous

#44A68D #448EA6 #445DA6

triadic

#448EA6 #A6448E #8EA644

tetradic

#448EA6 #8D44A6 #A65C44 #5DA644

square

#448EA6 #8D44A6 #A65C44 #5DA644

split-complementary

#448EA6 #A6445D #A68D44

monochromatic

#20444F #32697B #448EA6 #67ABC1 #92C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#448EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#448EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448EA6

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448EA6	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.082 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afc0',
    500: '#448ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ea6;
$custom-light: #81afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60924,
    "c": 0.08163,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448EA6

secondary

#BE9588

accent

#7456D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448EA6

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

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