#43A9C8#43A9C8

#43A9C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.103 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A9C8
RGB	rgb(67, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -19.70, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 31.43, 231.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0772 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.103 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9238, 33.7364, 59.7252)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A9C8 #C86243

analogous

#43C8A5 #43A9C8 #4366C8

triadic

#43A9C8 #C843A9 #A9C843

tetradic

#43A9C8 #A543C8 #C86243 #66C843

square

#43A9C8 #A543C8 #C86243 #66C843

split-complementary

#43A9C8 #C84366 #C8A543

monochromatic

#215D70 #2F859F #43A9C8 #72BFD6 #A2D4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#43A9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#43A9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A9C8

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A9C8	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8497C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.103 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2d8',
    500: '#43a9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a9c8;
$custom-light: #86c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.985,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68817,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A9C8

secondary

#D0A496

accent

#6C4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A9C8

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

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