#438CD6#438CD6

#438CD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.134 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CD6
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(210, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 1.12, -44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 44.58, 271.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0434 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.134 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8259, 24.8020, 67.1369)
Luminance	0.2480 (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

#438CD6 #D68D43

analogous

#43D6D6 #438CD6 #4343D6

triadic

#438CD6 #D6438C #8CD643

tetradic

#438CD6 #D643D6 #D68D43 #43D643

square

#438CD6 #D643D6 #D68D43 #43D643

split-complementary

#438CD6 #D64343 #D6D643

monochromatic

#1C4F82 #276DB4 #438CD6 #75ABE1 #A7C9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#438CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#438CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CD6

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CD6	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B90D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.134 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ade3',
    500: '#438cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cd6;
$custom-light: #87ade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.204,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62773,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CD6

secondary

#D9BB9C

accent

#9441E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CD6

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

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