#438CEE#438CEE

#438CEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.164 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438CEE
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, 9.56, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 56.75, 279.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0378 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.164 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1198, 26.1195, 84.4846)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438CEE #EEA543

analogous

#43E2EE #438CEE #5043EE

triadic

#438CEE #EE438C #8CEE43

tetradic

#438CEE #EE43E2 #EEA543 #43EE50

square

#438CEE #EE43E2 #EEA543 #43EE50

split-complementary

#438CEE #EE5043 #E2EE43

monochromatic

#0F50A7 #146BE0 #438CEE #7BAEF3 #B3D1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#438CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#438CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438CEE

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438CEE	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D94F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.164 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badf4',
    500: '#438cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438cee;
$custom-light: #8badf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.386,
    "s": 83.415,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64175,
    "c": 0.16423,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438CEE

secondary

#E7CBA5

accent

#A32EFA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #438CEE

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

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