#438CC2#438CC2

#438CC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.110 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#438CC2
RGBrgb(67, 140, 194)
HSLhsl(206, 51%, 51%)
HSVhsv(206, 65%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(65.5%, 27.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(55.93, -5.74, -34.78)
CIE-LCHlch(55.93, 35.25, 260.63°)
OKLaboklab(61.71% -0.0492 -0.098)
OKLCHoklch(61.71% 0.11 243.3)
XYZxyz(21.4267, 23.8423, 54.5013)
Luminance0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#438CC2 #C27943
analogous
#43C2B8 #438CC2 #434CC2
triadic
#438CC2 #C2438C #8CC243
tetradic
#438CC2 #B843C2 #C27943 #4CC243
square
#438CC2 #B843C2 #C27943 #4CC243
split-complementary
#438CC2 #C2434C #C2B843
monochromatic
#224B69 #316C97 #438CC2 #71A8D1 #9FC5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64
#438CC2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77
#438CC2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CC2
5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##438CC2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##438CC21.003.645.775.77
#FFFFFF3.641.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7721.001.001.00
##0000005.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#748DC4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6280C1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00999F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #438cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.110 243.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84add4',
    500: '#438cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #438cc2;
$custom-light: #84add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#438cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.512,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61711,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#438CC2
secondary
#CCAC94
accent
#894DDA
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FA
border
#CBCED3
text
#0C1014
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CC2

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#438CC2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva