#438BCC#438BCC

#438BCC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.122 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BCC
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 204)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 31.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -1.75, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 40.21, 267.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0452 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.122 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4424, 24.0158, 60.5678)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BCC #CC8443

analogous

#43CCC8 #438BCC #4346CC

triadic

#438BCC #CC438B #8BCC43

tetradic

#438BCC #C843CC #CC8443 #46CC43

square

#438BCC #C843CC #CC8443 #46CC43

split-complementary

#438BCC #CC4346 #CCC843

monochromatic

#204C75 #2D6CA5 #438BCC #73A9D9 #A3C6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#438BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#438BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BCC

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BCC	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.122 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acdc',
    500: '#438bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bcc;
$custom-light: #85acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.467,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62001,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BCC

secondary

#D3B498

accent

#9047E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BCC

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

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