#438EA9#438EA9

#438EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.084 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438EA9
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, -15.02, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 26.00, 234.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0603 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.084 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1464, 23.4020, 41.0364)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438EA9 #A95E43

analogous

#43A991 #438EA9 #435BA9

triadic

#438EA9 #A9438E #8EA943

tetradic

#438EA9 #9143A9 #A95E43 #5BA943

square

#438EA9 #9143A9 #A95E43 #5BA943

split-complementary

#438EA9 #A9435B #A99143

monochromatic

#204451 #32697D #438EA9 #67AAC3 #92C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#438EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#438EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438EA9

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438EA9	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.084 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afc2',
    500: '#438ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ea9;
$custom-light: #81afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61013,
    "c": 0.08438,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438EA9

secondary

#BF9788

accent

#7655D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438EA9

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

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