#438BAC#438BAC

#438BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.087 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BAC
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(199, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -12.41, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 27.15, 242.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0558 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.088 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9909, 22.6352, 42.3899)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BAC #AC6443

analogous

#43AC99 #438BAC #4357AC

triadic

#438BAC #AC438B #8BAC43

tetradic

#438BAC #9943AC #AC6443 #57AC43

square

#438BAC #9943AC #AC6443 #57AC43

split-complementary

#438BAC #AC4357 #AC9943

monochromatic

#214454 #326780 #438BAC #68A7C4 #94C1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#438BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#438BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BAC

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BAC	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.087 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acc4',
    500: '#438bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bac;
$custom-light: #81acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60422,
    "c": 0.0875,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BAC

secondary

#C19B8A

accent

#7C54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BAC

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

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