#438CB6#438CB6

#438CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.097 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CB6
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 182)
HSL	hsl(202, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, -9.73, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 30.37, 251.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0532 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.097 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1331, 23.3248, 47.6880)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CB6 #B66D43

analogous

#43B6A7 #438CB6 #4353B6

triadic

#438CB6 #B6438C #8CB643

tetradic

#438CB6 #A743B6 #B66D43 #53B643

square

#438CB6 #A743B6 #B66D43 #53B643

split-complementary

#438CB6 #B64353 #B6A743

monochromatic

#22475D #336A89 #438CB6 #6DA8C9 #9AC2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#438CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#438CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CB6

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CB6	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.097 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adcc',
    500: '#438cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cb6;
$custom-light: #82adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.913,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61123,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CB6

secondary

#C6A38F

accent

#8252D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CB6

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

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