#449EC9#449EC9

#449EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.106 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#449EC9
RGB	rgb(68, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -13.34, -29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 32.79, 246.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0649 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.106 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1492, 29.8970, 59.6923)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#449EC9 #C96F44

analogous

#44C9B1 #449EC9 #445CC9

triadic

#449EC9 #C9449E #9EC944

tetradic

#449EC9 #B144C9 #C96F44 #5CC944

square

#449EC9 #B144C9 #C96F44 #5CC944

split-complementary

#449EC9 #C9445C #C9B144

monochromatic

#215872 #2F7CA1 #449EC9 #73B7D7 #A3CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#449EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#449EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #449EC9

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##449EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##449EC9	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #449ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.106 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad9',
    500: '#449ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #449ec9;
$custom-light: #86bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#449ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.398,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66291,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#449EC9

secondary

#D1AA98

accent

#7A49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #449EC9

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

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