#438DC8#438DC8

#438DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.116 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438DC8
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -4.28, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 37.54, 263.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0484 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.116 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2610, 24.4109, 58.1710)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438DC8 #C87E43

analogous

#43C8C1 #438DC8 #434AC8

triadic

#438DC8 #C8438D #8DC843

tetradic

#438DC8 #C143C8 #C87E43 #4AC843

square

#438DC8 #C143C8 #C87E43 #4AC843

split-complementary

#438DC8 #C8434A #C8C143

monochromatic

#214D70 #2F6D9F #438DC8 #72AAD6 #A2C6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#438DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#438DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438DC8

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438DC8	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.116 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed9',
    500: '#438dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438dc8;
$custom-light: #85aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.617,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62249,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438DC8

secondary

#D0B096

accent

#8C4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438DC8

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

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