#438CAE#438CAE

#438CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.089 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CAE
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -12.33, -24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 27.61, 243.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.0561 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.089 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3298, 23.0035, 43.4576)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CAE #AE6543

analogous

#43AE9A #438CAE #4357AE

triadic

#438CAE #AE438C #8CAE43

tetradic

#438CAE #9A43AE #AE6543 #57AE43

square

#438CAE #9A43AE #AE6543 #57AE43

split-complementary

#438CAE #AE4357 #AE9A43

monochromatic

#214556 #326882 #438CAE #69A8C5 #95C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#438CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#438CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CAE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CAE	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.089 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adc6',
    500: '#438cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cae;
$custom-light: #81adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.065,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60752,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CAE

secondary

#C29C8B

accent

#7C54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CAE

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

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