#438BA9#438BA9

#438BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.085 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BA9
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -13.37, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 26.27, 239.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% -0.0569 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.085 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7060, 22.5213, 40.8897)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BA9 #A96143

analogous

#43A994 #438BA9 #4358A9

triadic

#438BA9 #A9438B #8BA943

tetradic

#438BA9 #9443A9 #A96143 #58A943

square

#438BA9 #9443A9 #A96143 #58A943

split-complementary

#438BA9 #A94358 #A99443

monochromatic

#204351 #32677D #438BA9 #67A8C3 #92C1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#438BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#438BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BA9

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BA9	1.00	3.81	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.085 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adc2',
    500: '#438ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ba9;
$custom-light: #81adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60288,
    "c": 0.08492,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BA9

secondary

#BF9988

accent

#7A55D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BA9

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

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