#449DBE#449DBE

#449DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.097 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449DBE
RGB	rgb(68, 157, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, -16.33, -24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 29.79, 236.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.0679 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.097 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7314, 29.0581, 53.0633)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449DBE #BE6544

analogous

#44BEA2 #449DBE #4460BE

triadic

#449DBE #BE449D #9DBE44

tetradic

#449DBE #A244BE #BE6544 #60BE44

square

#449DBE #A244BE #BE6544 #60BE44

split-complementary

#449DBE #BE4460 #BEA244

monochromatic

#235365 #337892 #449DBE #71B5CE #9FCDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#449DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#449DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449DBE

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449DBE	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 157, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.097 225.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65563,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449DBE

secondary

#CAA294

accent

#7550D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #449DBE

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

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