#43A5BC#43A5BC

#43A5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.096 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A5BC
RGB	rgb(67, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -21.35, -20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 29.46, 223.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0777 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.096 216)
XYZ	xyz(24.8432, 31.7318, 52.3828)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A5BC #BC5A43

analogous

#43BC97 #43A5BC #4368BC

triadic

#43A5BC #BC43A5 #A5BC43

tetradic

#43A5BC #9743BC #BC5A43 #68BC43

square

#43A5BC #9743BC #BC5A43 #68BC43

split-complementary

#43A5BC #BC4368 #BC9743

monochromatic

#235662 #337D8F #43A5BC #70BBCC #9DD0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#43A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#43A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A5BC

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A5BC	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.096 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c0d0',
    500: '#43a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a5bc;
$custom-light: #85c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.405,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67362,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.31734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A5BC

secondary

#C99D92

accent

#6A51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A5BC

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

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