#448EA8#448EA8

#448EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.083 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448EA8
RGB	rgb(68, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, -15.13, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 25.60, 233.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.06 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.083 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1220, 23.4002, 40.5472)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448EA8 #A85E44

analogous

#44A890 #448EA8 #445CA8

triadic

#448EA8 #A8448E #8EA844

tetradic

#448EA8 #9044A8 #A85E44 #5CA844

square

#448EA8 #9044A8 #A85E44 #5CA844

split-complementary

#448EA8 #A8445C #A89044

monochromatic

#214451 #32697C #448EA8 #68AAC2 #93C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#448EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#448EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448EA8

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448EA8	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.083 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afc2',
    500: '#448ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ea8;
$custom-light: #81afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61009,
    "c": 0.08303,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448EA8

secondary

#BF9789

accent

#7656D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448EA8

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

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