#438DE9#438DE9

#438DE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.157 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438DE9
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 233)
HSL	hsl(213, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 39.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, 7.19, -53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 53.64, 277.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0397 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.157 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5422, 26.1233, 80.7185)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438DE9 #E99F43

analogous

#43E0E9 #438DE9 #4C43E9

triadic

#438DE9 #E9438D #8DE943

tetradic

#438DE9 #E943E0 #E99F43 #43E94C

square

#438DE9 #E943E0 #E99F43 #43E94C

split-complementary

#438DE9 #E94C43 #E0E943

monochromatic

#13519F #196DD6 #438DE9 #7AAEEF #B1CFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#438DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#438DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438DE9

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438DE9	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6294ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4885E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.157 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aadf0',
    500: '#438de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438de9;
$custom-light: #8aadf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.253,
    "s": 79.048,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64089,
    "c": 0.15677,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438DE9

secondary

#E5C7A3

accent

#9E32F6

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #438DE9

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

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