#438BDD#438BDD

#438BDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.144 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438BDD
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, 4.15, -48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 48.55, 274.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0407 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.144 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5937, 24.8764, 71.8981)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438BDD #DD9543

analogous

#43D8DD #438BDD #4843DD

triadic

#438BDD #DD438B #8BDD43

tetradic

#438BDD #DD43D8 #DD9543 #43DD48

square

#438BDD #DD43D8 #DD9543 #43DD48

split-complementary

#438BDD #DD4843 #D8DD43

monochromatic

#194F8C #236CC0 #438BDD #77ABE6 #ABCBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#438BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#438BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438BDD

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438BDD	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6691E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.144 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ace8',
    500: '#438bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438bdd;
$custom-light: #88ace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.948,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62947,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438BDD

secondary

#DEC09E

accent

#9A3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #438BDD

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

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