#438BD9#438BD9

#438BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.138 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BD9
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 217)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, 2.75, -46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 46.55, 273.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0417 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.138 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0671, 24.6657, 69.1248)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BD9 #D99143

analogous

#43D6D9 #438BD9 #4643D9

triadic

#438BD9 #D9438B #8BD943

tetradic

#438BD9 #D943D6 #D99143 #43D946

square

#438BD9 #D943D6 #D99143 #43D946

split-complementary

#438BD9 #D94643 #D6D943

monochromatic

#1B4F86 #256CB9 #438BD9 #76AAE3 #A9CAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#438BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#438BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BD9

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BD9	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6890DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.138 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ace5',
    500: '#438bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bd9;
$custom-light: #88ace5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.2,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62718,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BD9

secondary

#DBBD9D

accent

#973FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BD9

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

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