#449DBC#449DBC

#449DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.096 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#449DBC
RGBrgb(68, 157, 188)
HSLhsl(196, 47%, 50%)
HSVhsv(196, 64%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(63.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.76, -16.96, -23.91)
CIE-LCHlch(60.76, 29.32, 234.65°)
OKLaboklab(65.48% -0.0686 -0.0667)
OKLCHoklch(65.48% 0.096 224.2)
XYZxyz(23.5143, 28.9713, 51.9200)
Luminance0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#449DBC #BC6344
analogous
#44BC9F #449DBC #4461BC
triadic
#449DBC #BC449D #9DBC44
tetradic
#449DBC #9F44BC #BC6344 #61BC44
square
#449DBC #9F44BC #BC6344 #61BC44
split-complementary
#449DBC #BC4461 #BC9F44
monochromatic
#235262 #33788F #449DBC #71B5CC #9ECCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09
#449DBC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79
#449DBC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449DBC
6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##449DBC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##449DBC1.003.096.796.79
#FFFFFF3.091.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7921.001.001.00
##0000006.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8C9ABE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B8DBC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A6A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #449dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.096 224.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bad0',
    500: '#449dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #449dbc;
$custom-light: #84bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#449dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65476,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#449DBC
secondary
#C9A193
accent
#7451D7
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#F0F6F9
border
#CBD0D2
text
#0C1114
muted
#7D8082

Preview Lab

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#449DBC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva