#43ACD8#43ACD8

#43ACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.114 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43ACD8
RGB	rgb(67, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -16.18, -31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 34.99, 242.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0743 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.114 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4570, 35.6529, 70.2817)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43ACD8 #D86F43

analogous

#43D8B9 #43ACD8 #4361D8

triadic

#43ACD8 #D843AC #ACD843

tetradic

#43ACD8 #B943D8 #D86F43 #61D843

square

#43ACD8 #B943D8 #D86F43 #61D843

split-complementary

#43ACD8 #D84361 #D8B943

monochromatic

#1C6685 #268DB8 #43ACD8 #76C2E3 #A8D9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#43ACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#43ACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43ACD8

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43ACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43ACD8	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43acd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.114 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4e4',
    500: '#43acd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43acd8;
$custom-light: #88c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43acd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.718,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70221,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43ACD8

secondary

#DAAF9C

accent

#713FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #43ACD8

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

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