#43B3DC#43B3DC

#43B3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B3DC
RGB	rgb(67, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -18.59, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 35.14, 238.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0798 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.115 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3479, 38.5973, 73.4942)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B3DC #DC6C43

analogous

#43DCB8 #43B3DC #4367DC

triadic

#43B3DC #DC43B3 #B3DC43

tetradic

#43B3DC #B843DC #DC6C43 #67DC43

square

#43B3DC #B843DC #DC6C43 #67DC43

split-complementary

#43B3DC #DC4367 #DCB843

monochromatic

#1A6D8B #2395BE #43B3DC #77C8E6 #AADDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#43B3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#43B3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B3DC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B3DC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9e7',
    500: '#43b3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b3dc;
$custom-light: #89c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72035,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B3DC

secondary

#DDAF9E

accent

#6B3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B3DC

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

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