#43A5CC#43A5CC

#43A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.107 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A5CC
RGB	rgb(67, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -16.31, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 32.66, 240.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0716 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.107 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6646, 32.4603, 61.9752)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A5CC #CC6A43

analogous

#43CCAE #43A5CC #4360CC

triadic

#43A5CC #CC43A5 #A5CC43

tetradic

#43A5CC #AE43CC #CC6A43 #60CC43

square

#43A5CC #AE43CC #CC6A43 #60CC43

split-complementary

#43A5CC #CC4360 #CCAE43

monochromatic

#205D75 #2D83A5 #43A5CC #73BCD9 #A3D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#43A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#43A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A5CC

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A5CC	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.107 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfdb',
    500: '#43a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a5cc;
$custom-light: #86bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.08,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68042,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A5CC

secondary

#D3A998

accent

#7347E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A5CC

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

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