#438AE8#438AE8

#438AE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.159 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438AE8
RGB	rgb(67, 138, 232)
HSL	hsl(214, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 40.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, 8.63, -54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 54.71, 279.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0373 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.159 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9634, 25.1936, 79.8228)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438AE8 #E8A143

analogous

#43DCE8 #438AE8 #4E43E8

triadic

#438AE8 #E8438A #8AE843

tetradic

#438AE8 #E843DC #E8A143 #43E84E

square

#438AE8 #E843DC #E8A143 #43E84E

split-complementary

#438AE8 #E84E43 #DCE843

monochromatic

#134F9D #1A6AD4 #438AE8 #7AACEF #B0CEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#438AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#438AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438AE8

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438AE8	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E92EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4382E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 138, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.159 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabf0',
    500: '#438ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ae8;
$custom-light: #8aabf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.182,
    "s": 78.199,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63379,
    "c": 0.15867,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438AE8

secondary

#E4C8A3

accent

#A133F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #438AE8

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

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