#43A8CE#43A8CE

#43A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.108 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A8CE
RGB	rgb(67, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -17.27, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 32.83, 238.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0739 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.108 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4535, 33.6518, 63.4291)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A8CE #CE6943

analogous

#43CEAE #43A8CE #4362CE

triadic

#43A8CE #CE43A8 #A8CE43

tetradic

#43A8CE #AE43CE #CE6943 #62CE43

square

#43A8CE #AE43CE #CE6943 #62CE43

split-complementary

#43A8CE #CE4362 #CEAE43

monochromatic

#1F5F77 #2C86A8 #43A8CE #74BEDB #A4D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#43A8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#43A8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A8CE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A8CE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.108 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2dd',
    500: '#43a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a8ce;
$custom-light: #87c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68838,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A8CE

secondary

#D4A999

accent

#7146E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A8CE

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

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