#438CAC#438CAC

#438CAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.087 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CAC
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 172)
HSL	hsl(198, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 18.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -12.97, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 27.00, 241.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0569 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.087 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1363, 22.9261, 42.4384)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CAC #AC6343

analogous

#43AC98 #438CAC #4358AC

triadic

#438CAC #AC438C #8CAC43

tetradic

#438CAC #9843AC #AC6343 #58AC43

square

#438CAC #9843AC #AC6343 #58AC43

split-complementary

#438CAC #AC4358 #AC9843

monochromatic

#214454 #326880 #438CAC #68A8C4 #94C1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#438CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#438CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CAC

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CAC	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.087 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adc4',
    500: '#438cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cac;
$custom-light: #81adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60662,
    "c": 0.0872,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CAC

secondary

#C19B8A

accent

#7B54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CAC

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

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