#438CB0#438CB0

#438CB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.091 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CB0
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 176)
HSL	hsl(200, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, -11.68, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 28.26, 245.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.0554 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.091 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5263, 23.0821, 44.4921)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CB0 #B06743

analogous

#43B09E #438CB0 #4355B0

triadic

#438CB0 #B0438C #8CB043

tetradic

#438CB0 #9E43B0 #B06743 #55B043

square

#438CB0 #9E43B0 #B06743 #55B043

split-complementary

#438CB0 #B04355 #B09E43

monochromatic

#214557 #326984 #438CB0 #6AA8C6 #96C2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#438CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#438CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CB0

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CB0	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.091 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adc7',
    500: '#438cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cb0;
$custom-light: #82adc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.817,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60844,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CB0

secondary

#C39E8C

accent

#7E53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CB0

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

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