#438EC8#438EC8

#438EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.115 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438EC8
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, -4.86, -36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 37.15, 262.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0494 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.115 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4091, 24.7071, 58.2203)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#438EC8 #C87D43

analogous

#43C8BF #438EC8 #434CC8

triadic

#438EC8 #C8438E #8EC843

tetradic

#438EC8 #BF43C8 #C87D43 #4CC843

square

#438EC8 #BF43C8 #C87D43 #4CC843

split-complementary

#438EC8 #C8434C #C8BF43

monochromatic

#214D70 #2F6E9F #438EC8 #72AAD6 #A2C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#438EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#438EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438EC8

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438EC8	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.115 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed9',
    500: '#438ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ec8;
$custom-light: #85aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.165,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6248,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438EC8

secondary

#D0B096

accent

#8A4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438EC8

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

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