#438CDD#438CDD

#438CDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.143 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CDD
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 36.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 3.56, -47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 48.06, 274.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0416 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.143 253)
XYZ	xyz(24.7391, 25.1673, 71.9466)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CDD #DD9443

analogous

#43D9DD #438CDD #4743DD

triadic

#438CDD #DD438C #8CDD43

tetradic

#438CDD #DD43D9 #DD9443 #43DD47

square

#438CDD #DD43D9 #DD9443 #43DD47

split-complementary

#438CDD #DD4743 #D9DD43

monochromatic

#19508C #236DC0 #438CDD #77ACE6 #ABCBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#438CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#438CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CDD

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CDD	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6791E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.143 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ade8',
    500: '#438cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cdd;
$custom-light: #88ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.558,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63168,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.2517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CDD

secondary

#DEC09E

accent

#983CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CDD

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

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