#438CCE#438CCE

#438CCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.124 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CCE
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 206)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 32%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, -1.65, -40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 40.72, 267.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.0456 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.124 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8292, 24.4033, 61.8877)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CCE #CE8543

analogous

#43CECA #438CCE #4346CE

triadic

#438CCE #CE438C #8CCE43

tetradic

#438CCE #CA43CE #CE8543 #46CE43

square

#438CCE #CA43CE #CE8543 #46CE43

split-complementary

#438CCE #CE4346 #CECA43

monochromatic

#1F4E77 #2C6DA8 #438CCE #74AADB #A4C7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#438CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#438CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CCE

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CCE	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.124 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86addd',
    500: '#438cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cce;
$custom-light: #86addd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.489,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62336,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CCE

secondary

#D4B599

accent

#9046E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CCE

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

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