#438AE2#438AE2

#438AE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.151 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438AE2
RGB	rgb(67, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 6.51, -51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 51.61, 277.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0386 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.151 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1256, 24.8585, 75.4108)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438AE2 #E29B43

analogous

#43D9E2 #438AE2 #4C43E2

triadic

#438AE2 #E2438A #8AE243

tetradic

#438AE2 #E243D9 #E29B43 #43E24C

square

#438AE2 #E243D9 #E29B43 #43E24C

split-complementary

#438AE2 #E24C43 #D9E243

monochromatic

#174F94 #1F6BC9 #438AE2 #78ABEA #ADCCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#438AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#438AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438AE2

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438AE2	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6191E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4982E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.151 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abeb',
    500: '#438ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ae2;
$custom-light: #89abeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.208,
    "s": 73.272,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63019,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438AE2

secondary

#E1C4A0

accent

#9E38F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #438AE2

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

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