#438DC9#438DC9

#438DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.117 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438DC9
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, -3.94, -37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 37.99, 264.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0481 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.117 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3783, 24.4578, 58.7885)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438DC9 #C97F43

analogous

#43C9C2 #438DC9 #434AC9

triadic

#438DC9 #C9438D #8DC943

tetradic

#438DC9 #C243C9 #C97F43 #4AC943

square

#438DC9 #C243C9 #C97F43 #4AC943

split-complementary

#438DC9 #C9434A #C9C243

monochromatic

#204D71 #2E6DA1 #438DC9 #73AAD7 #A2C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#438DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#438DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438DC9

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438DC9	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.117 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed9',
    500: '#438dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438dc9;
$custom-light: #85aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.866,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62301,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438DC9

secondary

#D1B197

accent

#8C49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438DC9

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

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