#438EA0#438EA0

#438EA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.079 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438EA0
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(192, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, -17.80, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 24.32, 222.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0639 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.079 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3304, 23.0756, 36.7389)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438EA0 #A05543

analogous

#43A084 #438EA0 #4360A0

triadic

#438EA0 #A0438E #8EA043

tetradic

#438EA0 #8443A0 #A05543 #60A043

square

#438EA0 #8443A0 #A05543 #60A043

split-complementary

#438EA0 #A04360 #A08443

monochromatic

#1F414A #316875 #438EA0 #63ACBE #8EC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#438EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#438EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438EA0

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438EA0	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7480A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.079 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afbc',
    500: '#438ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ea0;
$custom-light: #80afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60635,
    "c": 0.07866,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438EA0

secondary

#BB8F84

accent

#6F57D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438EA0

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

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