#448be9

Color #448be9

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.41 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#448be9

RGB

rgb(68, 139, 233)

HSL

hsl(214.2, 78.9%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.2, 70.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.8%, 40.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(57.63, 8.52, -53.99)

LCH

lch(57.63, 54.66, 278.97)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.1585, 256.39)

HWB

hwb(214.2, 26.7%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9a244

Analogous

#44dde9

#448be9

#5044e9

Triadic

#448be9

#e9448b

#8be944

Split-complementary

#448be9

#e95044

#dde944

Tetradic

#448be9

#a244e9

#e9a244

#8be944

Square

#448be9

#e944dd

#e9a244

#44e950

Shades

Color #448be9 mixed toward black.

#1a70e0

#1559b3

#104387

#0b2d5a

#05162d

Tints

Color #448be9 mixed toward white.

#639eed

#82b2f0

#a1c5f4

#c1d8f8

#e0ecfb

Tones

Color #448be9 mixed toward gray.

#528ddb

#5f8fcd

#6d91c0

#7b93b2

#8995a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6bd7 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#6660d2 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#4ac7c4 · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #448be9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#448be9]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#448be9 (#448be9) is rgb(68, 139, 233) in RGB.

No, #448be9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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