#438AD6#438AD6

#438AD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.136 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438AD6
RGB	rgb(67, 138, 214)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 35.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 2.30, -45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 45.53, 272.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0415 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.136 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5363, 24.2228, 67.0404)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438AD6 #D68F43

analogous

#43D4D6 #438AD6 #4543D6

triadic

#438AD6 #D6438A #8AD643

tetradic

#438AD6 #D643D4 #D68F43 #43D645

square

#438AD6 #D643D4 #D68F43 #43D645

split-complementary

#438AD6 #D64543 #D4D643

monochromatic

#1C4E82 #276CB4 #438AD6 #75A9E1 #A7C9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#438AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#438AD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438AD6

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438AD6	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 138, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.136 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abe3',
    500: '#438ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ad6;
$custom-light: #87abe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.02,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62325,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438AD6

secondary

#D9BB9C

accent

#9741E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438AD6

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

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