#438DBE#438DBE

#438DBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.105 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438DBE
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -7.65, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 33.22, 256.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0516 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.105 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1303, 23.9586, 52.2161)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438DBE #BE7443

analogous

#43BEB1 #438DBE #434FBE

triadic

#438DBE #BE438D #8DBE43

tetradic

#438DBE #B143BE #BE7443 #4FBE43

square

#438DBE #B143BE #BE7443 #4FBE43

split-complementary

#438DBE #BE434F #BEB143

monochromatic

#234A64 #326C91 #438DBE #70A9CE #9EC4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#438DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#438DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438DBE

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438DBE	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.105 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aed1',
    500: '#438dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438dbe;
$custom-light: #83aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.902,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61745,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438DBE

secondary

#CAA993

accent

#8650D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438DBE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →