#43A09E#43A09E

#43A09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.087 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A09E
RGB	rgb(67, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, -27.67, -7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 28.59, 194.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.085 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.087 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0544, 28.8014, 36.7908)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A09E #A04345

analogous

#43A070 #43A09E #4374A0

triadic

#43A09E #9E43A0 #A09E43

tetradic

#43A09E #7043A0 #A04345 #74A043

square

#43A09E #7043A0 #A04345 #74A043

split-complementary

#43A09E #A04374 #A07043

monochromatic

#1F4A49 #317573 #43A09E #63BEBC #8ED0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#43A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#43A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #43A09E

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A09E	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.087 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcba',
    500: '#43a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a09e;
$custom-light: #81bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.71,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65006,
    "c": 0.08734,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A09E

secondary

#BB8485

accent

#575AD1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A09E

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

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