#438BC9#438BC9

#438BC9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.119 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BC9
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(208, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -2.78, -38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 38.80, 265.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0461 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.119 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0860, 23.8733, 58.6911)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BC9 #C98143

analogous

#43C9C4 #438BC9 #4348C9

triadic

#438BC9 #C9438B #8BC943

tetradic

#438BC9 #C443C9 #C98143 #48C943

square

#438BC9 #C443C9 #C98143 #48C943

split-complementary

#438BC9 #C94348 #C9C443

monochromatic

#204C71 #2E6CA1 #438BC9 #73A8D7 #A2C6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#438BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#438BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BC9

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BC9	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.119 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acd9',
    500: '#438bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bc9;
$custom-light: #85acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.761,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61842,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BC9

secondary

#D1B297

accent

#8E49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BC9

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

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