#438CCB#438CCB

#438CCB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.120 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CCB
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 31%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -2.68, -39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 39.31, 266.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0465 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.12 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4683, 24.2589, 59.9867)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CCB #CB8243

analogous

#43CBC6 #438CCB #4348CB

triadic

#438CCB #CB438C #8CCB43

tetradic

#438CCB #C643CB #CB8243 #48CB43

square

#438CCB #C643CB #CB8243 #48CB43

split-complementary

#438CCB #CB4348 #CBC643

monochromatic

#204D74 #2D6DA4 #438CCB #73A9D8 #A3C7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#438CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#438CCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CCB

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CCB	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.120 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85addb',
    500: '#438ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ccb;
$custom-light: #85addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.794,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62177,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CCB

secondary

#D2B398

accent

#8E48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CCB

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

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