#438CC9#438CC9

#438CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.118 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CC9
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 30.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -3.36, -38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 38.39, 264.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0471 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.118 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2315, 24.1642, 58.7395)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CC9 #C98043

analogous

#43C9C3 #438CC9 #4349C9

triadic

#438CC9 #C9438C #8CC943

tetradic

#438CC9 #C343C9 #C98043 #49C943

square

#438CC9 #C343C9 #C98043 #49C943

split-complementary

#438CC9 #C94349 #C9C343

monochromatic

#204C71 #2E6DA1 #438CC9 #73A9D7 #A2C6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#438CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#438CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CC9

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CC9	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.118 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85add9',
    500: '#438cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cc9;
$custom-light: #85add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.313,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62071,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CC9

secondary

#D1B197

accent

#8D49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CC9

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

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