#438DA8#438DA8

#438DA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.084 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438DA8
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, -14.79, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 25.82, 235.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% -0.0595 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.084 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9047, 23.0684, 40.4946)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438DA8 #A85E43

analogous

#43A890 #438DA8 #435AA8

triadic

#438DA8 #A8438D #8DA843

tetradic

#438DA8 #9043A8 #A85E43 #5AA843

square

#438DA8 #9043A8 #A85E43 #5AA843

split-complementary

#438DA8 #A8435A #A89043

monochromatic

#204450 #32687C #438DA8 #66A9C2 #92C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#438DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#438DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438DA8

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438DA8	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.084 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aec2',
    500: '#438da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438da8;
$custom-light: #81aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.04,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60728,
    "c": 0.08376,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438DA8

secondary

#BF9788

accent

#7755D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438DA8

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

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