#438AD8#438AD8

#438AD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.138 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438AD8
RGB	rgb(67, 138, 216)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 36.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 3.00, -46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 46.53, 273.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.041 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.138 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7933, 24.3256, 68.3938)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438AD8 #D89143

analogous

#43D5D8 #438AD8 #4643D8

triadic

#438AD8 #D8438A #8AD843

tetradic

#438AD8 #D843D5 #D89143 #43D846

square

#438AD8 #D843D5 #D89143 #43D846

split-complementary

#438AD8 #D84643 #D5D843

monochromatic

#1C4E85 #266BB8 #438AD8 #76AAE3 #A8C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#438AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#438AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438AD8

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438AD8	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5181D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 138, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.138 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abe4',
    500: '#438ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ad8;
$custom-light: #87abe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.409,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62439,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438AD8

secondary

#DABD9C

accent

#983FE9

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #438AD8

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

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