#438ae2

Color #438ae2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.04 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#438ae2

RGB

rgb(67, 138, 226)

HSL

hsl(213.2, 73.3%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.2, 70.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.4%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(56.94, 6.51, -51.2)

LCH

lch(56.94, 51.61, 277.25)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.1509, 255.18)

HWB

hwb(213.2, 26.3%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e29b43

Analogous

#43dae2

#438ae2

#4c43e2

Triadic

#438ae2

#e2438a

#8ae243

Split-complementary

#438ae2

#e24c43

#dae243

Tetradic

#438ae2

#9b43e2

#e29b43

#8ae243

Square

#438ae2

#e243da

#e29b43

#43e24c

Shades

Color #438ae2 mixed toward black.

#2171d4

#1a5aa9

#14447f

#0d2d55

#07172a

Tints

Color #438ae2 mixed toward white.

#629ee7

#82b1ec

#a1c5f1

#c0d8f5

#e0ecfa

Tones

Color #438ae2 mixed toward gray.

#508cd5

#5e8dc8

#6b8eba

#7890ad

#8591a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696ad1 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#655fcd · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#49c2bf · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #438ae2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#438ae2]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Frequently asked questions

#438ae2 (#438ae2) is rgb(67, 138, 226) in RGB.

No, #438ae2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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