#438CA1#438CA1

#438CA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.079 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CA1
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(193, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -16.42, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 24.37, 227.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% -0.0612 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.079 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1233, 22.5209, 37.1032)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CA1 #A15843

analogous

#43A187 #438CA1 #435DA1

triadic

#438CA1 #A1438C #8CA143

tetradic

#438CA1 #8743A1 #A15843 #5DA143

square

#438CA1 #8743A1 #A15843 #5DA143

split-complementary

#438CA1 #A1435D #A18743

monochromatic

#1F414B #316676 #438CA1 #63AABE #8EC1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#438CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#438CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CA1

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CA1	1.00	3.81	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F88A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.079 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adbc',
    500: '#438ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ca1;
$custom-light: #80adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.404,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60187,
    "c": 0.079,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CA1

secondary

#BB9184

accent

#7257D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CA1

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

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