#449DBD#449DBD

#449DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.096 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449DBD
RGB	rgb(68, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -16.65, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 29.55, 235.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0683 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.096 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6225, 29.0145, 52.4897)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449DBD #BD6444

analogous

#44BDA1 #449DBD #4460BD

triadic

#449DBD #BD449D #9DBD44

tetradic

#449DBD #A144BD #BD6444 #60BD44

square

#449DBD #A144BD #BD6444 #60BD44

split-complementary

#449DBD #BD4460 #BDA144

monochromatic

#235263 #337891 #449DBD #71B5CD #9ECCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#449DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#449DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449DBD

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449DBD	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.096 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bad1',
    500: '#449dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449dbd;
$custom-light: #85bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.868,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65519,
    "c": 0.09644,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449DBD

secondary

#C9A293

accent

#7450D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #449DBD

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

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