#43A8CD#43A8CD

#43A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.107 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A8CD
RGB	rgb(67, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -17.59, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 32.58, 237.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0743 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.107 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3324, 33.6033, 62.7914)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A8CD #CD6843

analogous

#43CDAD #43A8CD #4363CD

triadic

#43A8CD #CD43A8 #A8CD43

tetradic

#43A8CD #AD43CD #CD6843 #63CD43

square

#43A8CD #AD43CD #CD6843 #63CD43

split-complementary

#43A8CD #CD4363 #CDAD43

monochromatic

#1F5F76 #2C86A7 #43A8CD #73BEDA #A4D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#43A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#43A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A8CD

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A8CD	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.107 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2dc',
    500: '#43a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a8cd;
$custom-light: #87c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68794,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A8CD

secondary

#D4A898

accent

#7047E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A8CD

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

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