#43A5C8#43A5C8

#43A5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.104 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A5C8
RGB	rgb(67, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -17.59, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 31.65, 236.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0731 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.104 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1910, 32.2709, 59.4810)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A5C8 #C86643

analogous

#43C8A8 #43A5C8 #4363C8

triadic

#43A5C8 #C843A5 #A5C843

tetradic

#43A5C8 #A843C8 #C86643 #63C843

square

#43A5C8 #A843C8 #C86643 #63C843

split-complementary

#43A5C8 #C84363 #C8A843

monochromatic

#215B70 #2F829F #43A5C8 #72BCD6 #A2D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#43A5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#43A5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A5C8

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A5C8	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.104 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfd8',
    500: '#43a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a5c8;
$custom-light: #86bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67867,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A5C8

secondary

#D0A696

accent

#714ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A5C8

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

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