#438CA7#438CA7

#438CA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.083 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CA7
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -14.55, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 25.65, 235.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0588 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.083 225)
XYZ	xyz(18.6651, 22.7377, 39.9569)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CA7 #A75E43

analogous

#43A790 #438CA7 #435AA7

triadic

#438CA7 #A7438C #8CA743

tetradic

#438CA7 #9043A7 #A75E43 #5AA743

square

#438CA7 #9043A7 #A75E43 #5AA743

split-complementary

#438CA7 #A7435A #A79043

monochromatic

#204350 #31677B #438CA7 #66A9C1 #91C1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#438CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#438CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CA7

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CA7	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.083 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adc1',
    500: '#438ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ca7;
$custom-light: #80adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.2,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60442,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.22739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CA7

secondary

#BE9687

accent

#7755D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CA7

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

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