#438CC6#438CC6

#438CC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.114 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CC6
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 198)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 29.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -4.38, -36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 37.02, 263.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.048 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.114 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8820, 24.0244, 56.8991)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CC6 #C67D43

analogous

#43C6BF #438CC6 #434BC6

triadic

#438CC6 #C6438C #8CC643

tetradic

#438CC6 #BF43C6 #C67D43 #4BC643

square

#438CC6 #BF43C6 #C67D43 #4BC643

split-complementary

#438CC6 #C6434B #C6BF43

monochromatic

#214C6D #2F6C9C #438CC6 #72A9D4 #A1C5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#438CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#438CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CC6

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CC6	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.114 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85add7',
    500: '#438cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cc6;
$custom-light: #85add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.565,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61915,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CC6

secondary

#CFAF96

accent

#8C4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CC6

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

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