#438EB6#438EB6

#438EB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.096 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438EB6
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 182)
HSL	hsl(201, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 22%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, -10.85, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 29.89, 248.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0554 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.096 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4280, 23.9146, 47.7863)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438EB6 #B66B43

analogous

#43B6A5 #438EB6 #4354B6

triadic

#438EB6 #B6438E #8EB643

tetradic

#438EB6 #A543B6 #B66B43 #54B643

square

#438EB6 #A543B6 #B66B43 #54B643

split-complementary

#438EB6 #B64354 #B6A543

monochromatic

#22485D #336B89 #438EB6 #6DA9C9 #9AC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#438EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#438EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438EB6

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438EB6	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.096 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afcc',
    500: '#438eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438eb6;
$custom-light: #82afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61597,
    "c": 0.09568,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438EB6

secondary

#C6A28F

accent

#8052D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438EB6

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

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