#438496#438496

#438496 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.072 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438496
RGB	rgb(67, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, -15.42, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 22.22, 226.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0564 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.072 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0689, 19.8964, 31.8418)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438496 #965543

analogous

#43967E #438496 #435A96

triadic

#438496 #964384 #849643

tetradic

#438496 #7E4396 #965543 #5A9643

square

#438496 #7E4396 #965543 #5A9643

split-complementary

#438496 #96435A #967E43

monochromatic

#1D3A41 #305F6C #438496 #5FA4B7 #89BCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#438496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#438496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438496

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438496	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.072 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea8b4',
    500: '#438496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438496;
$custom-light: #7ea8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.012,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57769,
    "c": 0.07169,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438496

secondary

#B58B7F

accent

#735ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #438496

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

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