#449BC9#449BC9

#449BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.107 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449BC9
RGB	rgb(68, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -11.69, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 33.44, 249.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0618 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.107 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6437, 28.8861, 59.5238)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449BC9 #C97244

analogous

#44C9B5 #449BC9 #4458C9

triadic

#449BC9 #C9449B #9BC944

tetradic

#449BC9 #B544C9 #C97244 #58C944

square

#449BC9 #B544C9 #C97244 #58C944

split-complementary

#449BC9 #C94458 #C9B544

monochromatic

#215672 #2F7AA1 #449BC9 #73B4D7 #A3CEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#449BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#449BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449BC9

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449BC9	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.107 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8d9',
    500: '#449bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449bc9;
$custom-light: #86b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.752,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65587,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449BC9

secondary

#D1AC98

accent

#7D49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #449BC9

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

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