#43B1DC#43B1DC

#43B1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B1DC
RGB	rgb(67, 177, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -17.54, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 35.38, 240.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0778 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.116 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9499, 37.8014, 73.3615)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B1DC #DC6E43

analogous

#43DCBB #43B1DC #4365DC

triadic

#43B1DC #DC43B1 #B1DC43

tetradic

#43B1DC #BB43DC #DC6E43 #65DC43

square

#43B1DC #BB43DC #DC6E43 #65DC43

split-complementary

#43B1DC #DC4365 #DCBB43

monochromatic

#1A6B8B #2393BE #43B1DC #77C6E6 #AADCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#43B1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#43B1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B1DC

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B1DC	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 177, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c8e7',
    500: '#43b1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b1dc;
$custom-light: #89c8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.863,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71567,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B1DC

secondary

#DDB09E

accent

#6E3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B1DC

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

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