#438EC9#438EC9

#438EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.116 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438EC9
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, -4.52, -37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 37.60, 263.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0491 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.116 245)
XYZ	xyz(22.5264, 24.7540, 58.8378)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438EC9 #C97E43

analogous

#43C9C1 #438EC9 #434BC9

triadic

#438EC9 #C9438E #8EC943

tetradic

#438EC9 #C143C9 #C97E43 #4BC943

square

#438EC9 #C143C9 #C97E43 #4BC943

split-complementary

#438EC9 #C9434B #C9C143

monochromatic

#204E71 #2E6EA1 #438EC9 #73ABD7 #A2C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#438EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#438EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438EC9

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438EC9	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.116 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed9',
    500: '#438ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438ec9;
$custom-light: #85aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.418,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62531,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.24756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438EC9

secondary

#D1B097

accent

#8B49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438EC9

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

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