#43A5CD#43A5CD

#43A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.108 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A5CD
RGB	rgb(67, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -15.99, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 32.93, 240.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0712 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.108 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7849, 32.5084, 62.6089)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A5CD #CD6B43

analogous

#43CDB0 #43A5CD #4360CD

triadic

#43A5CD #CD43A5 #A5CD43

tetradic

#43A5CD #B043CD #CD6B43 #60CD43

square

#43A5CD #B043CD #CD6B43 #60CD43

split-complementary

#43A5CD #CD4360 #CDB043

monochromatic

#1F5D76 #2C83A7 #43A5CD #73BCDA #A4D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#43A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#43A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A5CD

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A5CD	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.108 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfdc',
    500: '#43a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a5cd;
$custom-light: #87bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68087,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A5CD

secondary

#D4A998

accent

#7347E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A5CD

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

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