#438BA5#438BA5

#438BA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.082 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BA5
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -14.63, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 25.23, 234.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0584 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.082 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3362, 22.3734, 38.9422)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BA5 #A55D43

analogous

#43A58E #438BA5 #435AA5

triadic

#438BA5 #A5438B #8BA543

tetradic

#438BA5 #8E43A5 #A55D43 #5AA543

square

#438BA5 #8E43A5 #A55D43 #5AA543

split-complementary

#438BA5 #A5435A #A58E43

monochromatic

#20424E #316679 #438BA5 #65A8C0 #90C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#438BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#438BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BA5

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BA5	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.082 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adbf',
    500: '#438ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ba5;
$custom-light: #80adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60113,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BA5

secondary

#BD9586

accent

#7756D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BA5

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

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