#438ACB#438ACB

#438ACB is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.122 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438ACB
RGB	rgb(67, 138, 203)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 32%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -1.51, -40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 40.16, 267.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.0445 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.122 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1787, 23.6797, 59.8901)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438ACB #CB8443

analogous

#43CBC8 #438ACB #4346CB

triadic

#438ACB #CB438A #8ACB43

tetradic

#438ACB #C843CB #CB8443 #46CB43

square

#438ACB #C843CB #CB8443 #46CB43

split-complementary

#438ACB #CB4346 #CBC843

monochromatic

#204C74 #2D6BA4 #438ACB #73A8D8 #A3C6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#438ACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#438ACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438ACB

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438ACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438ACB	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A80CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438acb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 138, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.122 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abdb',
    500: '#438acb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438acb;
$custom-light: #85abdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438acb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.676,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6172,
    "c": 0.12198,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438ACB

secondary

#D2B498

accent

#9148E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438ACB

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

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