#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
RGBrgb(67, 139, 216)
HSLhsl(211, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(211, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 35.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(56.70, 2.40, -45.98)
CIE-LCHlch(56.70, 46.05, 272.99°)
OKLaboklab(62.66% -0.0419 -0.1307)
OKLCHoklch(62.66% 0.137 252.2)
XYZxyz(23.9374, 24.6139, 68.4418)
Luminance0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##438BD81.003.555.925.92
#FFFFFF3.551.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9221.001.001.00
##0000005.9221.001.001.00

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

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#438BD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva