#438BC4#438BC4

#438BC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.113 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BC4
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(207, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -4.48, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 36.51, 262.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0476 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.113 245)
XYZ	xyz(21.5074, 23.6418, 55.6437)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BC4 #C47C43

analogous

#43C4BD #438BC4 #434BC4

triadic

#438BC4 #C4438B #8BC443

tetradic

#438BC4 #BD43C4 #C47C43 #4BC443

square

#438BC4 #BD43C4 #C47C43 #4BC443

split-complementary

#438BC4 #C4434B #C4BD43

monochromatic

#224B6B #306B9A #438BC4 #72A8D3 #A0C4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#438BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#438BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BC4

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BC4	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.113 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acd6',
    500: '#438bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bc4;
$custom-light: #84acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.512,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61582,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.23644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BC4

secondary

#CEAE95

accent

#8C4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BC4

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

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