#43A8CC#43A8CC

#43A8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.106 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A8CC
RGB	rgb(67, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -17.91, -26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 32.34, 236.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0746 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.106 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2121, 33.5552, 62.1577)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A8CC #CC6743

analogous

#43CCAB #43A8CC #4364CC

triadic

#43A8CC #CC43A8 #A8CC43

tetradic

#43A8CC #AB43CC #CC6743 #64CC43

square

#43A8CC #AB43CC #CC6743 #64CC43

split-complementary

#43A8CC #CC4364 #CCAB43

monochromatic

#205F75 #2D85A5 #43A8CC #73BED9 #A3D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#43A8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#43A8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A8CC

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A8CC	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.106 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2db',
    500: '#43a8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a8cc;
$custom-light: #87c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.766,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68751,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A8CC

secondary

#D3A798

accent

#7047E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A8CC

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

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