#438CB8#438CB8

#438CB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.099 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CB8
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 184)
HSL	hsl(203, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, -9.07, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 31.13, 253.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0525 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.099 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3412, 23.4081, 48.7843)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CB8 #B86F43

analogous

#43B8AA #438CB8 #4352B8

triadic

#438CB8 #B8438C #8CB843

tetradic

#438CB8 #AA43B8 #B86F43 #52B843

square

#438CB8 #AA43B8 #B86F43 #52B843

split-complementary

#438CB8 #B84352 #B8AA43

monochromatic

#22485E #336A8B #438CB8 #6EA8CA #9BC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#438CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#438CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CB8

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CB8	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.099 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adcd',
    500: '#438cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cb8;
$custom-light: #83adcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.564,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61219,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CB8

secondary

#C7A590

accent

#8352D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CB8

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

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