#449CBE#449CBE

#449CBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.097 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449CBE
RGB	rgb(68, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, -15.79, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 29.89, 238.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0668 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.097 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5629, 28.7211, 53.0072)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449CBE #BE6644

analogous

#44BEA3 #449CBE #445FBE

triadic

#449CBE #BE449C #9CBE44

tetradic

#449CBE #A344BE #BE6644 #5FBE44

square

#449CBE #A344BE #BE6644 #5FBE44

split-complementary

#449CBE #BE445F #BEA344

monochromatic

#235265 #337792 #449CBE #71B4CE #9FCCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#449CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#449CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449CBE

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449CBE	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.097 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9d1',
    500: '#449cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449cbe;
$custom-light: #85b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.721,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65325,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449CBE

secondary

#CAA394

accent

#7650D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #449CBE

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

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