#438AA0#438AA0

#438AA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.078 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438AA0
RGB	rgb(67, 138, 160)
HSL	hsl(194, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -15.64, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 24.17, 229.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0593 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.078 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7459, 21.9066, 36.5441)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438AA0 #A05943

analogous

#43A088 #438AA0 #435BA0

triadic

#438AA0 #A0438A #8AA043

tetradic

#438AA0 #8843A0 #A05943 #5BA043

square

#438AA0 #8843A0 #A05943 #5BA043

split-complementary

#438AA0 #A0435B #A08843

monochromatic

#1F404A #316575 #438AA0 #63A8BE #8EC0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#438AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#438AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438AA0

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438AA0	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 138, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.078 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acbc',
    500: '#438aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438aa0;
$custom-light: #80acbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.194,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59657,
    "c": 0.07831,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438AA0

secondary

#BB9184

accent

#7457D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438AA0

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

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