#438CE3#438CE3

#438CE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.150 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CE3
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 227)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 5.67, -50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 51.09, 276.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0402 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.15 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5528, 25.4927, 76.2321)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CE3 #E39A43

analogous

#43DCE3 #438CE3 #4A43E3

triadic

#438CE3 #E3438C #8CE343

tetradic

#438CE3 #E343DC #E39A43 #43E34A

square

#438CE3 #E343DC #E39A43 #43E34A

split-complementary

#438CE3 #E34A43 #DCE343

monochromatic

#165095 #1E6DCB #438CE3 #78ADEB #AECDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#438CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#438CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CE3

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CE3	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6492E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.150 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89adec',
    500: '#438ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ce3;
$custom-light: #89adec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.625,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63516,
    "c": 0.15016,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CE3

secondary

#E1C4A1

accent

#9C37F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CE3

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

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