#43A9CD#43A9CD

#43A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.107 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43A9CD
RGB	rgb(67, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -18.12, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 32.49, 236.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0753 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.107 225)
XYZ	xyz(27.5177, 33.9740, 62.8532)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43A9CD #CD6743

analogous

#43CDAC #43A9CD #4364CD

triadic

#43A9CD #CD43A9 #A9CD43

tetradic

#43A9CD #AC43CD #CD6743 #64CD43

square

#43A9CD #AC43CD #CD6743 #64CD43

split-complementary

#43A9CD #CD4364 #CDAC43

monochromatic

#1F6076 #2C87A7 #43A9CD #73BFDA #A4D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#43A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#43A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43A9CD

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43A9CD	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.107 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2dc',
    500: '#43a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43a9cd;
$custom-light: #87c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69031,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.33977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43A9CD

secondary

#D4A898

accent

#6F47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43A9CD

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

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