#438ACE#438ACE

#438ACE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.126 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438ACE
RGB	rgb(67, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(209, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, -0.48, -41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 41.60, 269.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.0436 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.126 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5396, 23.8241, 61.7912)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438ACE #CE8743

analogous

#43CECD #438ACE #4344CE

triadic

#438ACE #CE438A #8ACE43

tetradic

#438ACE #CD43CE #CE8743 #44CE43

square

#438ACE #CD43CE #CE8743 #44CE43

split-complementary

#438ACE #CE4344 #CECD43

monochromatic

#1F4C77 #2C6BA8 #438ACE #74A8DB #A4C6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#438ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#438ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438ACE

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438ACE	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.126 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abdd',
    500: '#438ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ace;
$custom-light: #86abdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.353,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61882,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438ACE

secondary

#D4B699

accent

#9246E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438ACE

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

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