#438BC6#438BC6

#438BC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.115 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BC6
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -3.80, -37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 37.41, 264.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.047 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.115 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7366, 23.7335, 56.8506)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BC6 #C67E43

analogous

#43C6C0 #438BC6 #434AC6

triadic

#438BC6 #C6438B #8BC643

tetradic

#438BC6 #C043C6 #C67E43 #4AC643

square

#438BC6 #C043C6 #C67E43 #4AC643

split-complementary

#438BC6 #C6434A #C6C043

monochromatic

#214B6D #2F6B9C #438BC6 #72A8D4 #A1C5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#438BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#438BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BC6

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BC6	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.115 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acd7',
    500: '#438bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bc6;
$custom-light: #84acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.023,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61685,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BC6

secondary

#CFB096

accent

#8D4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BC6

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

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