#438AA6#438AA6

#438AA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.083 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438AA6
RGB	rgb(67, 138, 166)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, -13.76, -21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 25.56, 237.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% -0.0569 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.083 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2835, 22.1217, 39.3754)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438AA6 #A65F43

analogous

#43A690 #438AA6 #4358A6

triadic

#438AA6 #A6438A #8AA643

tetradic

#438AA6 #9043A6 #A65F43 #58A643

square

#438AA6 #9043A6 #A65F43 #58A643

split-complementary

#438AA6 #A64358 #A69043

monochromatic

#20424F #31667A #438AA6 #65A7C1 #91C0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#438AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#438AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438AA6

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438AA6	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 138, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.083 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acc0',
    500: '#438aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438aa6;
$custom-light: #80acc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59915,
    "c": 0.08268,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438AA6

secondary

#BE9687

accent

#7956D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438AA6

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

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