#438FA9#438FA9

#438FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.084 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438FA9
RGB	rgb(67, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -15.56, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 25.94, 233.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0614 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.084 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2958, 23.7009, 41.0863)
Luminance	0.2370 (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

#438FA9 #A95D43

analogous

#43A990 #438FA9 #435CA9

triadic

#438FA9 #A9438F #8FA943

tetradic

#438FA9 #9043A9 #A95D43 #5CA943

square

#438FA9 #9043A9 #A95D43 #5CA943

split-complementary

#438FA9 #A9435C #A99043

monochromatic

#204551 #326A7D #438FA9 #67ABC3 #92C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#438FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#438FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438FA9

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438FA9	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7181A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.084 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afc2',
    500: '#438fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438fa9;
$custom-light: #81afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61255,
    "c": 0.08428,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438FA9

secondary

#BF9688

accent

#7555D3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #438FA9

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

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