#438DAE#438DAE

#438DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.089 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438DAE
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -12.88, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 27.45, 242.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0572 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.089 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4766, 23.2971, 43.5066)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438DAE #AE6443

analogous

#43AE9A #438DAE #4357AE

triadic

#438DAE #AE438D #8DAE43

tetradic

#438DAE #9A43AE #AE6443 #57AE43

square

#438DAE #9A43AE #AE6443 #57AE43

split-complementary

#438DAE #AE4357 #AE9A43

monochromatic

#214556 #326982 #438DAE #69A9C5 #95C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#438DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#438DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438DAE

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438DAE	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.089 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aec6',
    500: '#438dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438dae;
$custom-light: #81aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.505,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60992,
    "c": 0.08865,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438DAE

secondary

#C29C8B

accent

#7B54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438DAE

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

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