#449BBD#449BBD

#449BBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.097 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449BBD
RGB	rgb(68, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -15.57, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 29.74, 238.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.0661 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.097 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2869, 28.3433, 52.3778)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449BBD #BD6644

analogous

#44BDA3 #449BBD #445EBD

triadic

#449BBD #BD449B #9BBD44

tetradic

#449BBD #A344BD #BD6644 #5EBD44

square

#449BBD #A344BD #BD6644 #5EBD44

split-complementary

#449BBD #BD445E #BDA344

monochromatic

#235163 #337691 #449BBD #71B3CD #9ECBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#449BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#449BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449BBD

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449BBD	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.097 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8d1',
    500: '#449bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449bbd;
$custom-light: #84b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.86,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65043,
    "c": 0.09685,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449BBD

secondary

#C9A393

accent

#7650D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #449BBD

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

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