#438BD8#438BD8

#438BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.137 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BD8
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 216)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 35.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 2.40, -45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 46.05, 272.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0419 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.137 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9374, 24.6139, 68.4418)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#438BD8 #D89043

analogous

#43D5D8 #438BD8 #4543D8

triadic

#438BD8 #D8438B #8BD843

tetradic

#438BD8 #D843D5 #D89043 #43D845

square

#438BD8 #D843D5 #D89043 #43D845

split-complementary

#438BD8 #D84543 #D5D843

monochromatic

#1C4F85 #266CB8 #438BD8 #76AAE3 #A8CAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#438BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#438BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BD8

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BD8	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6890DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.137 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ace4',
    500: '#438bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bd8;
$custom-light: #87ace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.007,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62661,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BD8

secondary

#DABC9C

accent

#973FE9

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BD8

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

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