#438AA1#438AA1

#438AA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.079 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438AA1
RGB	rgb(67, 138, 161)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -15.33, -18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 24.37, 231.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0589 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.079 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8337, 21.9418, 37.0067)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438AA1 #A15A43

analogous

#43A189 #438AA1 #435BA1

triadic

#438AA1 #A1438A #8AA143

tetradic

#438AA1 #8943A1 #A15A43 #5BA143

square

#438AA1 #8943A1 #A15A43 #5BA143

split-complementary

#438AA1 #A1435B #A18943

monochromatic

#1F404B #316576 #438AA1 #63A8BE #8EC0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#438AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#438AA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438AA1

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438AA1	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 138, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.079 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acbc',
    500: '#438aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438aa1;
$custom-light: #80acbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.681,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59699,
    "c": 0.07898,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438AA1

secondary

#BB9284

accent

#7557D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438AA1

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

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