#438DCB#438DCB

#438DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.119 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438DCB
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 203)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, -3.26, -38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 38.90, 265.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0475 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.119 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6151, 24.5525, 60.0356)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438DCB #CB8143

analogous

#43CBC5 #438DCB #4349CB

triadic

#438DCB #CB438D #8DCB43

tetradic

#438DCB #C543CB #CB8143 #49CB43

square

#438DCB #C543CB #CB8143 #49CB43

split-complementary

#438DCB #CB4349 #CBC543

monochromatic

#204D74 #2D6EA4 #438DCB #73AAD8 #A3C7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#438DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#438DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438DCB

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438DCB	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.119 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aedb',
    500: '#438dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438dcb;
$custom-light: #85aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.353,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62406,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438DCB

secondary

#D2B298

accent

#8D48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438DCB

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

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