#438BA7#438BA7

#438BA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.083 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BA7
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 167)
HSL	hsl(197, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, -14.00, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 25.73, 237.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0577 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.083 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5197, 22.4468, 39.9084)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BA7 #A75F43

analogous

#43A791 #438BA7 #4359A7

triadic

#438BA7 #A7438B #8BA743

tetradic

#438BA7 #9143A7 #A75F43 #59A743

square

#438BA7 #9143A7 #A75F43 #59A743

split-complementary

#438BA7 #A74359 #A79143

monochromatic

#204250 #31677B #438BA7 #66A8C1 #91C1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#438BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#438BA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BA7

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BA7	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.083 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adc1',
    500: '#438ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ba7;
$custom-light: #80adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.602,
    "c": 0.0833,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BA7

secondary

#BE9787

accent

#7855D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BA7

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

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