#438BD6#438BD6

#438BD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.135 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BD6
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 214)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 1.71, -45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 45.05, 272.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0424 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.135 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6805, 24.5111, 67.0884)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#438BD6 #D68E43

analogous

#43D5D6 #438BD6 #4443D6

triadic

#438BD6 #D6438B #8BD643

tetradic

#438BD6 #D643D5 #D68E43 #43D644

square

#438BD6 #D643D5 #D68E43 #43D644

split-complementary

#438BD6 #D64443 #D5D643

monochromatic

#1C4E82 #276CB4 #438BD6 #75AAE1 #A7C9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#438BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#438BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BD6

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BD6	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.135 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ace3',
    500: '#438bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bd6;
$custom-light: #87ace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.612,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62549,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BD6

secondary

#D9BB9C

accent

#9641E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BD6

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

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