#43B2DC#43B2DC

#43B2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B2DC
RGB	rgb(67, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -18.06, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 35.25, 239.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0788 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.116 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1482, 38.1979, 73.4276)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B2DC #DC6D43

analogous

#43DCBA #43B2DC #4366DC

triadic

#43B2DC #DC43B2 #B2DC43

tetradic

#43B2DC #BA43DC #DC6D43 #66DC43

square

#43B2DC #BA43DC #DC6D43 #66DC43

split-complementary

#43B2DC #DC4366 #DCBA43

monochromatic

#1A6C8B #2394BE #43B2DC #77C7E6 #AADCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#43B2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#43B2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B2DC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B2DC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9e7',
    500: '#43b2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b2dc;
$custom-light: #89c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71801,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B2DC

secondary

#DDAF9E

accent

#6C3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B2DC

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

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