#438BCA#438BCA

#438BCA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.120 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BCA
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(208, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -2.44, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 39.26, 266.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.0458 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.12 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2040, 23.9205, 59.3126)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BCA #CA8243

analogous

#43CAC6 #438BCA #4347CA

triadic

#438BCA #CA438B #8BCA43

tetradic

#438BCA #C643CA #CA8243 #47CA43

square

#438BCA #C643CA #CA8243 #47CA43

split-complementary

#438BCA #CA4347 #CAC643

monochromatic

#204C72 #2E6CA2 #438BCA #73A8D7 #A2C6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#438BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#438BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BCA

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BCA	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#6F8DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.120 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acda',
    500: '#438bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bca;
$custom-light: #85acda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61895,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BCA

secondary

#D2B297

accent

#8F48DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BCA

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

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