#438E9D#438E9D

#438E9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.077 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438E9D
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -18.71, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 23.98, 218.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0651 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.077 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0711, 22.9719, 35.3734)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438E9D #9D5243

analogous

#439D7F #438E9D #43619D

triadic

#438E9D #9D438E #8E9D43

tetradic

#438E9D #7F439D #9D5243 #619D43

square

#438E9D #7F439D #9D5243 #619D43

split-complementary

#438E9D #9D4361 #9D7F43

monochromatic

#1E4047 #316772 #438E9D #61ADBC #8CC3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#438E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#438E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438E9D

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438E9D	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.077 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afba',
    500: '#438e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438e9d;
$custom-light: #80afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60514,
    "c": 0.07722,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438E9D

secondary

#B98C83

accent

#6C58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #438E9D

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

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