#438DEE#438DEE

#438DEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.163 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438DEE
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 40.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, 8.96, -55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 56.21, 279.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0387 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.163 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2666, 26.4131, 84.5336)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438DEE #EEA443

analogous

#43E3EE #438DEE #4E43EE

triadic

#438DEE #EE438D #8DEE43

tetradic

#438DEE #EE43E3 #EEA443 #43EE4E

square

#438DEE #EE43E3 #EEA443 #43EE4E

split-complementary

#438DEE #EE4E43 #E3EE43

monochromatic

#0F51A7 #146CE0 #438DEE #7BAFF3 #B3D1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#438DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#438DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438DEE

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438DEE	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F95F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4285EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.163 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badf4',
    500: '#438dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438dee;
$custom-light: #8badf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.035,
    "s": 83.415,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6439,
    "c": 0.16316,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438DEE

secondary

#E7CBA5

accent

#A22EFA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #438DEE

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

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