#448EC3#448EC3

#448EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.109 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#448EC3
RGB	rgb(68, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 27.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -6.38, -34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 34.89, 259.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0503 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.109 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9035, 24.5128, 55.1963)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#448EC3 #C37944

analogous

#44C3B8 #448EC3 #444FC3

triadic

#448EC3 #C3448E #8EC344

tetradic

#448EC3 #B844C3 #C37944 #4FC344

square

#448EC3 #B844C3 #C37944 #4FC344

split-complementary

#448EC3 #C3444F #C3B844

monochromatic

#224C6A #316D99 #448EC3 #72AAD2 #A1C6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#448EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#448EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #448EC3

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##448EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##448EC3	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768FC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6582C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #448ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.109 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed5',
    500: '#448ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #448ec3;
$custom-light: #85aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#448ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.039,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62264,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#448EC3

secondary

#CDAD95

accent

#884DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #448EC3

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

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