#438CA8#438CA8

#438CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.084 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CA8
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -14.24, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 25.90, 236.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0584 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.084 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7579, 22.7748, 40.4456)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CA8 #A85F43

analogous

#43A891 #438CA8 #4359A8

triadic

#438CA8 #A8438C #8CA843

tetradic

#438CA8 #9143A8 #A85F43 #59A843

square

#438CA8 #9143A8 #A85F43 #59A843

split-complementary

#438CA8 #A84359 #A89143

monochromatic

#204350 #32687C #438CA8 #66A9C2 #92C1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#438CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#438CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CA8

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CA8	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.084 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adc2',
    500: '#438ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ca8;
$custom-light: #81adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.634,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60486,
    "c": 0.08391,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CA8

secondary

#BF9788

accent

#7855D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CA8

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

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