#43ABC9#43ABC9

#43ABC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.104 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43ABC9
RGB	rgb(67, 171, 201)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -20.43, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 31.58, 229.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0788 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.104 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4160, 34.5332, 60.4677)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43ABC9 #C96143

analogous

#43C9A4 #43ABC9 #4368C9

triadic

#43ABC9 #C943AB #ABC943

tetradic

#43ABC9 #A443C9 #C96143 #68C943

square

#43ABC9 #A443C9 #C96143 #68C943

split-complementary

#43ABC9 #C94368 #C9A443

monochromatic

#205F71 #2E87A1 #43ABC9 #73C0D7 #A2D5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#43ABC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#43ABC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43ABC9

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43ABC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43ABC9	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43abc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 171, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.104 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4d9',
    500: '#43abc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43abc9;
$custom-light: #86c4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43abc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.433,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69335,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43ABC9

secondary

#D1A497

accent

#6B49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43ABC9

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

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