#43A5C9#43A5C9

#43A5C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.104 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A5C9
RGB	rgb(67, 165, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -17.27, -26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 31.89, 237.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0727 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.104 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3083, 32.3178, 60.0985)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A5C9 #C96743

analogous

#43C9AA #43A5C9 #4362C9

triadic

#43A5C9 #C943A5 #A5C943

tetradic

#43A5C9 #AA43C9 #C96743 #62C943

square

#43A5C9 #AA43C9 #C96743 #62C943

split-complementary

#43A5C9 #C94362 #C9AA43

monochromatic

#205B71 #2E82A1 #43A5C9 #73BCD7 #A2D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#43A5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#43A5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A5C9

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A5C9	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 165, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.104 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfd9',
    500: '#43a5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a5c9;
$custom-light: #86bfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6791,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A5C9

secondary

#D1A697

accent

#7149DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A5C9

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

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