#438BCD#438BCD

#438BCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.124 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BCD
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -1.41, -40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 40.68, 268.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0449 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.124 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5627, 24.0640, 61.2015)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BCD #CD8543

analogous

#43CDCA #438BCD #4346CD

triadic

#438BCD #CD438B #8BCD43

tetradic

#438BCD #CA43CD #CD8543 #46CD43

square

#438BCD #CA43CD #CD8543 #46CD43

split-complementary

#438BCD #CD4346 #CDCA43

monochromatic

#1F4D76 #2C6CA7 #438BCD #73A9DA #A4C7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#438BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#438BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BCD

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BCD	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.124 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acdc',
    500: '#438bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bcd;
$custom-light: #86acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.696,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62055,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BCD

secondary

#D4B598

accent

#9147E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BCD

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

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