#43A8BE#43A8BE

#43A8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.097 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A8BE
RGB	rgb(67, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -22.28, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 29.90, 221.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0801 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.097 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6078, 32.9135, 53.7086)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A8BE #BE5943

analogous

#43BE97 #43A8BE #436ABE

triadic

#43A8BE #BE43A8 #A8BE43

tetradic

#43A8BE #9743BE #BE5943 #6ABE43

square

#43A8BE #9743BE #BE5943 #6ABE43

split-complementary

#43A8BE #BE436A #BE9743

monochromatic

#235864 #328091 #43A8BE #70BDCE #9ED2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#43A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#43A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A8BE

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A8BE	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8696BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.097 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2d1',
    500: '#43a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a8be;
$custom-light: #85c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.732,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68165,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A8BE

secondary

#CA9D93

accent

#6850D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A8BE

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

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