#438DA9#438DA9

#438DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.085 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438DA9
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, -14.47, -21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 26.07, 236.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% -0.0591 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.085 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9982, 23.1058, 40.9871)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438DA9 #A95F43

analogous

#43A992 #438DA9 #435AA9

triadic

#438DA9 #A9438D #8DA943

tetradic

#438DA9 #9243A9 #A95F43 #5AA943

square

#438DA9 #9243A9 #A95F43 #5AA943

split-complementary

#438DA9 #A9435A #A99243

monochromatic

#204451 #32687D #438DA9 #67A9C3 #92C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#438DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#438DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438DA9

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438DA9	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.085 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aec2',
    500: '#438da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438da9;
$custom-light: #81aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60771,
    "c": 0.08453,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438DA9

secondary

#BF9788

accent

#7755D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438DA9

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

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