#438BB9#438BB9

#438BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.100 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BB9
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(203, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, -8.17, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 31.81, 255.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0511 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.1 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3010, 23.1593, 49.2898)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BB9 #B97143

analogous

#43B9AC #438BB9 #4350B9

triadic

#438BB9 #B9438B #8BB943

tetradic

#438BB9 #AC43B9 #B97143 #50B943

square

#438BB9 #AC43B9 #B97143 #50B943

split-complementary

#438BB9 #B94350 #B9AC43

monochromatic

#22475F #33698C #438BB9 #6FA7CB #9BC2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#438BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#438BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BB9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BB9	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.100 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acce',
    500: '#438bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bb9;
$custom-light: #83acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.39,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61031,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BB9

secondary

#C7A691

accent

#8551D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BB9

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

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