#438FA6#438FA6

#438FA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.082 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438FA6
RGB	rgb(67, 143, 166)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -16.50, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 25.32, 229.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0626 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.082 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0174, 23.5895, 39.6200)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438FA6 #A65A43

analogous

#43A68B #438FA6 #435EA6

triadic

#438FA6 #A6438F #8FA643

tetradic

#438FA6 #8B43A6 #A65A43 #5EA643

square

#438FA6 #8B43A6 #A65A43 #5EA643

split-complementary

#438FA6 #A6435E #A68B43

monochromatic

#20444F #31697A #438FA6 #65ACC1 #91C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#438FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#438FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438FA6

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438FA6	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 143, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.082 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b0c0',
    500: '#438fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438fa6;
$custom-light: #81b0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.939,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61128,
    "c": 0.08224,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438FA6

secondary

#BE9487

accent

#7356D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438FA6

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

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