#438CA9#438CA9

#438CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.085 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CA9
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -13.92, -22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 26.16, 237.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% -0.058 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.085 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8515, 22.8122, 40.9381)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CA9 #A96043

analogous

#43A993 #438CA9 #4359A9

triadic

#438CA9 #A9438C #8CA943

tetradic

#438CA9 #9343A9 #A96043 #59A943

square

#438CA9 #9343A9 #A96043 #59A943

split-complementary

#438CA9 #A94359 #A99343

monochromatic

#204351 #32687D #438CA9 #67A8C3 #92C1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#438CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#438CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CA9

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CA9	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)

#7C89AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.085 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adc2',
    500: '#438ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ca9;
$custom-light: #81adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.059,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6053,
    "c": 0.08471,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CA9

secondary

#BF9888

accent

#7955D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CA9

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

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