#438CB9#438CB9

#438CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.100 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CB9
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(203, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, -8.74, -30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 31.52, 253.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0522 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.1 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4464, 23.4502, 49.3383)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CB9 #B97043

analogous

#43B9AB #438CB9 #4351B9

triadic

#438CB9 #B9438C #8CB943

tetradic

#438CB9 #AB43B9 #B97043 #51B943

square

#438CB9 #AB43B9 #B97043 #51B943

split-complementary

#438CB9 #B94351 #B9AB43

monochromatic

#22485F #336A8C #438CB9 #6FA8CB #9BC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#438CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#438CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CB9

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CB9	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.100 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adce',
    500: '#438cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cb9;
$custom-light: #83adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.881,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61267,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CB9

secondary

#C7A591

accent

#8451D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CB9

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

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