#438EA2#438EA2

#438EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.080 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438EA2
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(193, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -17.19, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 24.61, 225.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.063 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.08 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5067, 23.1461, 37.6678)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438EA2 #A25743

analogous

#43A287 #438EA2 #435EA2

triadic

#438EA2 #A2438E #8EA243

tetradic

#438EA2 #8743A2 #A25743 #5EA243

square

#438EA2 #8743A2 #A25743 #5EA243

split-complementary

#438EA2 #A2435E #A28743

monochromatic

#1F424B #316877 #438EA2 #64ABBF #8FC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#438EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#438EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438EA2

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438EA2	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.080 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afbd',
    500: '#438ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ea2;
$custom-light: #80afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60717,
    "c": 0.07975,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438EA2

secondary

#BC9085

accent

#7056D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438EA2

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

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