#438CC8#438CC8

#438CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CC8
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 30%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -3.70, -37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 37.93, 264.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0474 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.117 246)
XYZ	xyz(22.1142, 24.1173, 58.1220)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CC8 #C87F43

analogous

#43C8C2 #438CC8 #4349C8

triadic

#438CC8 #C8438C #8CC843

tetradic

#438CC8 #C243C8 #C87F43 #49C843

square

#438CC8 #C243C8 #C87F43 #49C843

split-complementary

#438CC8 #C84349 #C8C243

monochromatic

#214C70 #2F6C9F #438CC8 #72A9D6 #A2C6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#438CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#438CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CC8

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CC8	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85add9',
    500: '#438cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cc8;
$custom-light: #85add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.068,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62019,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.2412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CC8

secondary

#D0B196

accent

#8D4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CC8

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

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