#43A5CE#43A5CE

#43A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.108 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A5CE
RGB	rgb(67, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -15.67, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 33.21, 241.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0708 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.108 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9060, 32.5569, 63.2467)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A5CE #CE6C43

analogous

#43CEB1 #43A5CE #435FCE

triadic

#43A5CE #CE43A5 #A5CE43

tetradic

#43A5CE #B143CE #CE6C43 #5FCE43

square

#43A5CE #B143CE #CE6C43 #5FCE43

split-complementary

#43A5CE #CE435F #CEB143

monochromatic

#1F5D77 #2C83A8 #43A5CE #74BCDB #A4D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#43A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#43A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A5CE

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A5CE	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.108 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfdd',
    500: '#43a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a5ce;
$custom-light: #87bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68131,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A5CE

secondary

#D4AA99

accent

#7446E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A5CE

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

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