#438FA5#438FA5

#438FA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.082 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438FA5
RGB	rgb(67, 143, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -16.81, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 25.14, 228.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.063 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.082 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9260, 23.5530, 39.1388)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438FA5 #A55943

analogous

#43A58A #438FA5 #435EA5

triadic

#438FA5 #A5438F #8FA543

tetradic

#438FA5 #8A43A5 #A55943 #5EA543

square

#438FA5 #8A43A5 #A55943 #5EA543

split-complementary

#438FA5 #A5435E #A58A43

monochromatic

#20444E #316979 #438FA5 #65ACC0 #90C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#438FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#438FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438FA5

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438FA5	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 143, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.082 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b0bf',
    500: '#438fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438fa5;
$custom-light: #80b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61086,
    "c": 0.08161,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438FA5

secondary

#BD9386

accent

#7256D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438FA5

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

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