#438CD0#438CD0

#438CD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.126 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CD0
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -0.96, -41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 41.67, 268.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.045 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.126 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0737, 24.5011, 63.1754)
Luminance	0.2450 (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

#438CD0 #D08743

analogous

#43D0CE #438CD0 #4346D0

triadic

#438CD0 #D0438C #8CD043

tetradic

#438CD0 #CE43D0 #D08743 #46D043

square

#438CD0 #CE43D0 #D08743 #46D043

split-complementary

#438CD0 #D04346 #D0CE43

monochromatic

#1F4E7A #2B6DAB #438CD0 #74AADC #A5C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#438CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#438CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CD0

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CD0	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A82CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.126 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adde',
    500: '#438cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cd0;
$custom-light: #86adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.936,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62444,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CD0

secondary

#D5B699

accent

#9145E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CD0

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

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