#438AA8#438AA8

#438AA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.084 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438AA8
RGB	rgb(67, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, -13.13, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 26.11, 239.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0562 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.084 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4684, 22.1956, 40.3491)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438AA8 #A86143

analogous

#43A893 #438AA8 #4357A8

triadic

#438AA8 #A8438A #8AA843

tetradic

#438AA8 #9343A8 #A86143 #57A843

square

#438AA8 #9343A8 #A86143 #57A843

split-complementary

#438AA8 #A84357 #A89343

monochromatic

#204250 #32667C #438AA8 #66A7C2 #92C0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#438AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#438AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438AA8

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438AA8	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.084 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acc2',
    500: '#438aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438aa8;
$custom-light: #80acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.822,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60003,
    "c": 0.08432,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438AA8

secondary

#BF9888

accent

#7A55D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438AA8

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

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