#438BAE#438BAE

#438BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.089 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BAE
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -11.77, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 27.79, 244.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.055 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.089 232)
XYZ	xyz(19.1844, 22.7126, 43.4092)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BAE #AE6643

analogous

#43AE9B #438BAE #4356AE

triadic

#438BAE #AE438B #8BAE43

tetradic

#438BAE #9B43AE #AE6643 #56AE43

square

#438BAE #9B43AE #AE6643 #56AE43

split-complementary

#438BAE #AE4356 #AE9B43

monochromatic

#214456 #326882 #438BAE #69A7C5 #95C1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#438BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#438BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BAE

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BAE	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.089 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acc6',
    500: '#438bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bae;
$custom-light: #81acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.626,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60513,
    "c": 0.08931,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.22715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BAE

secondary

#C29D8B

accent

#7E54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BAE

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

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