#438EB3#438EB3

#438EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.093 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438EB3
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -11.83, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 28.86, 245.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0565 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.093 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1213, 23.7920, 46.1710)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438EB3 #B36843

analogous

#43B3A0 #438EB3 #4356B3

triadic

#438EB3 #B3438E #8EB343

tetradic

#438EB3 #A043B3 #B36843 #56B343

square

#438EB3 #A043B3 #B36843 #56B343

split-complementary

#438EB3 #B34356 #B3A043

monochromatic

#22475A #326B86 #438EB3 #6BA9C8 #98C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#438EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#438EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438EB3

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438EB3	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.093 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afca',
    500: '#438eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438eb3;
$custom-light: #82afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.821,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61459,
    "c": 0.09282,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438EB3

secondary

#C4A08D

accent

#7E53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438EB3

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

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