#448EA9#448EA9

#448EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.084 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448EA9
RGB	rgb(68, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, -14.82, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 25.83, 234.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% -0.0596 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.084 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2155, 23.4377, 41.0397)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448EA9 #A95F44

analogous

#44A992 #448EA9 #445CA9

triadic

#448EA9 #A9448E #8EA944

tetradic

#448EA9 #9244A9 #A95F44 #5CA944

square

#448EA9 #9244A9 #A95F44 #5CA944

split-complementary

#448EA9 #A9445C #A99244

monochromatic

#214552 #32697D #448EA9 #68AAC2 #94C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#448EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#448EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448EA9

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448EA9	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.084 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afc2',
    500: '#448ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ea9;
$custom-light: #81afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.04,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61052,
    "c": 0.08377,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448EA9

secondary

#BF9889

accent

#7755D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #448EA9

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

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