#438BC8#438BC8

#438BC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.117 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BC8
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(208, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, -3.12, -38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 38.33, 265.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0464 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.118 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9688, 23.8264, 58.0736)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BC8 #C88043

analogous

#43C8C3 #438BC8 #4348C8

triadic

#438BC8 #C8438B #8BC843

tetradic

#438BC8 #C343C8 #C88043 #48C843

square

#438BC8 #C343C8 #C88043 #48C843

split-complementary

#438BC8 #C84348 #C8C343

monochromatic

#214C70 #2F6C9F #438BC8 #72A8D6 #A2C5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#438BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#438BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BC8

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BC8	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.117 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acd9',
    500: '#438bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bc8;
$custom-light: #85acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.519,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61789,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BC8

secondary

#D0B196

accent

#8E4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BC8

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

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