#438EC6#438EC6

#438EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.113 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438EC6
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, -5.54, -35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 36.27, 261.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.05 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.113 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1769, 24.6142, 56.9974)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438EC6 #C67B43

analogous

#43C6BD #438EC6 #434DC6

triadic

#438EC6 #C6438E #8EC643

tetradic

#438EC6 #BD43C6 #C67B43 #4DC643

square

#438EC6 #BD43C6 #C67B43 #4DC643

split-complementary

#438EC6 #C6434D #C6BD43

monochromatic

#214D6D #2F6E9C #438EC6 #72AAD4 #A1C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#438EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#438EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438EC6

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438EC6	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.113 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed7',
    500: '#438ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ec6;
$custom-light: #85aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.649,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62378,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438EC6

secondary

#CFAE96

accent

#894BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438EC6

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

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