#438FA8#438FA8

#438FA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.084 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438FA8
RGB	rgb(67, 143, 168)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -15.88, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 25.72, 231.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0618 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.084 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2023, 23.6635, 40.5937)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438FA8 #A85C43

analogous

#43A88E #438FA8 #435CA8

triadic

#438FA8 #A8438F #8FA843

tetradic

#438FA8 #8E43A8 #A85C43 #5CA843

square

#438FA8 #8E43A8 #A85C43 #5CA843

split-complementary

#438FA8 #A8435C #A88E43

monochromatic

#204550 #326A7C #438FA8 #66ABC2 #92C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#438FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#438FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438FA8

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438FA8	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 143, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.084 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b0c2',
    500: '#438fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438fa8;
$custom-light: #81b0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.851,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61212,
    "c": 0.08358,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438FA8

secondary

#BF9588

accent

#7455D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438FA8

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

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