#438BC2#438BC2

#438BC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.110 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BC2
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(206, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -5.16, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 35.62, 261.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.0482 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.11 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2813, 23.5514, 54.4528)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BC2 #C27A43

analogous

#43C2B9 #438BC2 #434BC2

triadic

#438BC2 #C2438B #8BC243

tetradic

#438BC2 #B943C2 #C27A43 #4BC243

square

#438BC2 #B943C2 #C27A43 #4BC243

split-complementary

#438BC2 #C2434B #C2B943

monochromatic

#224A69 #316B97 #438BC2 #71A8D1 #9FC4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#438BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#438BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BC2

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BC2	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.110 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acd4',
    500: '#438bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bc2;
$custom-light: #84acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.984,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61479,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BC2

secondary

#CCAD94

accent

#8A4DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BC2

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

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