#438BB4#438BB4

#438BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.095 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BB4
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(202, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, -9.82, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 29.88, 250.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.0529 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.095 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7824, 22.9519, 46.5588)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BB4 #B46C43

analogous

#43B4A4 #438BB4 #4352B4

triadic

#438BB4 #B4438B #8BB443

tetradic

#438BB4 #A443B4 #B46C43 #52B443

square

#438BB4 #A443B4 #B46C43 #52B443

split-complementary

#438BB4 #B44352 #B4A443

monochromatic

#22465B #326987 #438BB4 #6CA7C8 #99C2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#438BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#438BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BB4

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BB4	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.095 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acca',
    500: '#438bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bb4;
$custom-light: #82acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.77,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60792,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BB4

secondary

#C5A28E

accent

#8252D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BB4

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

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