#438CC5#438CC5

#438CC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.113 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CC5
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 197)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 28.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -4.72, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 36.57, 262.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0483 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.113 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7671, 23.9784, 56.2937)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CC5 #C57C43

analogous

#43C5BD #438CC5 #434BC5

triadic

#438CC5 #C5438C #8CC543

tetradic

#438CC5 #BD43C5 #C57C43 #4BC543

square

#438CC5 #BD43C5 #C57C43 #4BC543

split-complementary

#438CC5 #C5434B #C5BD43

monochromatic

#214B6C #306C9B #438CC5 #72A9D3 #A1C5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#438CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#438CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CC5

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CC5	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.113 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84add7',
    500: '#438cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cc5;
$custom-light: #84add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.308,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61864,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CC5

secondary

#CEAE95

accent

#8B4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CC5

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

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