#438BC5#438BC5

#438BC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.114 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BC5
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -4.14, -36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 36.96, 263.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0473 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.114 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6216, 23.6875, 56.2452)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BC5 #C57D43

analogous

#43C5BE #438BC5 #434AC5

triadic

#438BC5 #C5438B #8BC543

tetradic

#438BC5 #BE43C5 #C57D43 #4AC543

square

#438BC5 #BE43C5 #C57D43 #4AC543

split-complementary

#438BC5 #C5434A #C5BE43

monochromatic

#214B6C #306B9B #438BC5 #72A8D3 #A1C5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#438BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#438BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BC5

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BC5	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.114 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acd7',
    500: '#438bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bc5;
$custom-light: #84acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.769,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61633,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BC5

secondary

#CEAF95

accent

#8C4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BC5

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

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