#438DCD#438DCD

#438DCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.122 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438DCD
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, -2.58, -39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 39.83, 266.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0469 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.122 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8549, 24.6484, 61.2989)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438DCD #CD8343

analogous

#43CDC8 #438DCD #4348CD

triadic

#438DCD #CD438D #8DCD43

tetradic

#438DCD #C843CD #CD8343 #48CD43

square

#438DCD #C843CD #CD8343 #48CD43

split-complementary

#438DCD #CD4348 #CDC843

monochromatic

#1F4E76 #2C6EA7 #438DCD #73AADA #A4C8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#438DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#438DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438DCD

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438DCD	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.122 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aedc',
    500: '#438dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438dcd;
$custom-light: #86aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.826,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62511,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438DCD

secondary

#D4B498

accent

#8E47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438DCD

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

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