#438CA6#438CA6

#438CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.082 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CA6
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -14.86, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 25.40, 234.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.0592 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.082 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5731, 22.7008, 39.4719)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CA6 #A65D43

analogous

#43A68E #438CA6 #435AA6

triadic

#438CA6 #A6438C #8CA643

tetradic

#438CA6 #8E43A6 #A65D43 #5AA643

square

#438CA6 #8E43A6 #A65D43 #5AA643

split-complementary

#438CA6 #A6435A #A68E43

monochromatic

#20424F #31677A #438CA6 #65A9C1 #91C1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#438CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#438CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CA6

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CA6	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.082 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adc0',
    500: '#438ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ca6;
$custom-light: #80adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60399,
    "c": 0.0824,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CA6

secondary

#BE9587

accent

#7656D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CA6

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

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