#438CB2#438CB2

#438CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.093 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CB2
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(201, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, -11.03, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 28.93, 247.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.0547 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.093 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7256, 23.1619, 45.5420)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CB2 #B26943

analogous

#43B2A1 #438CB2 #4354B2

triadic

#438CB2 #B2438C #8CB243

tetradic

#438CB2 #A143B2 #B26943 #54B243

square

#438CB2 #A143B2 #B26943 #54B243

split-complementary

#438CB2 #B24354 #B2A143

monochromatic

#224659 #326986 #438CB2 #6BA8C7 #97C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#438CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#438CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CB2

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CB2	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.093 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adc9',
    500: '#438cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cb2;
$custom-light: #82adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.541,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60936,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CB2

secondary

#C4A08D

accent

#7F53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CB2

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

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