#43ABD8#43ABD8

#43ABD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.115 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43ABD8
RGB	rgb(67, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -15.64, -31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 35.15, 243.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0733 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.115 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2674, 35.2737, 70.2185)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43ABD8 #D87043

analogous

#43D8BB #43ABD8 #4360D8

triadic

#43ABD8 #D843AB #ABD843

tetradic

#43ABD8 #BB43D8 #D87043 #60D843

square

#43ABD8 #BB43D8 #D87043 #60D843

split-complementary

#43ABD8 #D84360 #D8BB43

monochromatic

#1C6585 #268CB8 #43ABD8 #76C2E3 #A8D8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#43ABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#43ABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43ABD8

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43ABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43ABD8	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43abd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.115 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4e4',
    500: '#43abd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43abd8;
$custom-light: #88c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43abd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.121,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69988,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43ABD8

secondary

#DAAF9C

accent

#723FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43ABD8

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

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