#438BCE#438BCE

#438BCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.125 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BCE
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(209, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -1.06, -41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 41.16, 268.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0446 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.125 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6838, 24.1124, 61.8392)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BCE #CE8643

analogous

#43CECC #438BCE #4345CE

triadic

#438BCE #CE438B #8BCE43

tetradic

#438BCE #CC43CE #CE8643 #45CE43

square

#438BCE #CC43CE #CE8643 #45CE43

split-complementary

#438BCE #CE4345 #CECC43

monochromatic

#1F4D77 #2C6CA8 #438BCE #74A9DB #A4C7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#438BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#438BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BCE

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BCE	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.125 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acdd',
    500: '#438bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bce;
$custom-light: #86acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.921,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62109,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BCE

secondary

#D4B599

accent

#9146E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BCE

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

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