#449BE9#449BE9

#449BE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.143 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449BE9
RGB	rgb(68, 155, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -0.89, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 46.86, 268.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0519 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.143 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8077, 30.5516, 81.4538)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#449BE9 #E99244

analogous

#44E9E5 #449BE9 #4449E9

triadic

#449BE9 #E9449B #9BE944

tetradic

#449BE9 #E544E9 #E99244 #49E944

square

#449BE9 #E544E9 #E99244 #49E944

split-complementary

#449BE9 #E94449 #E9E544

monochromatic

#135DA0 #197DD7 #449BE9 #7BB8EF #B2D6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#449BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#449BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #449BE9

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449BE9	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 155, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.143 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8f0',
    500: '#449be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449be9;
$custom-light: #8bb8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.364,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67206,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449BE9

secondary

#E5C3A4

accent

#8F32F5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #449BE9

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

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