#449AB8#449AB8

#449AB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.093 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449AB8
RGB	rgb(68, 154, 184)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 16.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -16.61, -23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 28.59, 234.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.067 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.093 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5878, 27.7985, 49.5134)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449AB8 #B86244

analogous

#44B89C #449AB8 #4460B8

triadic

#449AB8 #B8449A #9AB844

tetradic

#449AB8 #9C44B8 #B86244 #60B844

square

#449AB8 #9C44B8 #B86244 #60B844

split-complementary

#449AB8 #B84460 #B89C44

monochromatic

#234F5F #33758B #449AB8 #6FB2CA #9CCADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#449AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#449AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449AB8

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449AB8	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 154, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.093 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7cd',
    500: '#449ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449ab8;
$custom-light: #84b7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64586,
    "c": 0.09323,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449AB8

secondary

#C79F91

accent

#7452D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #449AB8

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

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