#438FC9#438FC9

#438FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.116 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438FC9
RGB	rgb(67, 143, 201)
HSL	hsl(206, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 28.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -5.10, -36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 37.22, 262.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0501 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.116 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6758, 25.0529, 58.8877)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438FC9 #C97D43

analogous

#43C9C0 #438FC9 #434CC9

triadic

#438FC9 #C9438F #8FC943

tetradic

#438FC9 #C043C9 #C97D43 #4CC943

square

#438FC9 #C043C9 #C97D43 #4CC943

split-complementary

#438FC9 #C9434C #C9C043

monochromatic

#204E71 #2E6FA1 #438FC9 #73ABD7 #A2C8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#438FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#438FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438FC9

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438FC9	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 143, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.116 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afd9',
    500: '#438fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438fc9;
$custom-light: #85afd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.97,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62762,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438FC9

secondary

#D1B097

accent

#8A49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #438FC9

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

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