#438CA4#438CA4

#438CA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.081 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CA4
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -15.49, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 24.96, 231.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.06 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.081 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3910, 22.6280, 38.5132)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CA4 #A45B43

analogous

#43A48B #438CA4 #435CA4

triadic

#438CA4 #A4438C #8CA443

tetradic

#438CA4 #8B43A4 #A45B43 #5CA443

square

#438CA4 #8B43A4 #A45B43 #5CA443

split-complementary

#438CA4 #A4435C #A48B43

monochromatic

#1F424D #316779 #438CA4 #64A9C0 #90C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#438CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#438CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CA4

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CA4	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.081 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adbf',
    500: '#438ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ca4;
$custom-light: #80adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.845,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60313,
    "c": 0.08097,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CA4

secondary

#BD9486

accent

#7556D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CA4

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

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