#438EB9#438EB9

#438EB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.099 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438EB9
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 185)
HSL	hsl(202, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, -9.87, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 30.98, 251.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0543 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.099 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7413, 24.0400, 49.4366)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438EB9 #B96E43

analogous

#43B9A9 #438EB9 #4353B9

triadic

#438EB9 #B9438E #8EB943

tetradic

#438EB9 #A943B9 #B96E43 #53B943

square

#438EB9 #A943B9 #B96E43 #53B943

split-complementary

#438EB9 #B94353 #B9A943

monochromatic

#22495F #336C8C #438EB9 #6FA9CB #9BC4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#438EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#438EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438EB9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438EB9	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A81B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.099 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afce',
    500: '#438eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438eb9;
$custom-light: #83afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.864,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61739,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438EB9

secondary

#C7A591

accent

#8251D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #438EB9

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

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