#43A9CC#43A9CC

#43A9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.106 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A9CC
RGB	rgb(67, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -18.43, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 32.26, 235.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0757 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.106 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3974, 33.9259, 62.2195)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A9CC #CC6643

analogous

#43CCAA #43A9CC #4365CC

triadic

#43A9CC #CC43A9 #A9CC43

tetradic

#43A9CC #AA43CC #CC6643 #65CC43

square

#43A9CC #AA43CC #CC6643 #65CC43

split-complementary

#43A9CC #CC4365 #CCAA43

monochromatic

#205F75 #2D86A5 #43A9CC #73BFD9 #A3D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#43A9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#43A9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A9CC

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A9CC	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.106 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2db',
    500: '#43a9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a9cc;
$custom-light: #87c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.328,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68987,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A9CC

secondary

#D3A798

accent

#6E47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A9CC

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

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