#438CAA#438CAA

#438CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.086 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CAA
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(197, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -13.60, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 26.43, 239.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.0576 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.086 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9457, 22.8499, 41.4344)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CAA #AA6143

analogous

#43AA95 #438CAA #4359AA

triadic

#438CAA #AA438C #8CAA43

tetradic

#438CAA #9543AA #AA6143 #59AA43

square

#438CAA #9543AA #AA6143 #59AA43

split-complementary

#438CAA #AA4359 #AA9543

monochromatic

#204452 #32687E #438CAA #67A8C3 #93C1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#438CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#438CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CAA

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CAA	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.086 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adc3',
    500: '#438caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438caa;
$custom-light: #81adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.476,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60574,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CAA

secondary

#C09989

accent

#7955D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CAA

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

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