#43B3DD#43B3DD

#43B3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.116 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B3DD
RGB	rgb(67, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -18.27, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 35.39, 238.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0794 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.116 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4807, 38.6504, 74.1937)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B3DD #DD6D43

analogous

#43DDBA #43B3DD #4366DD

triadic

#43B3DD #DD43B3 #B3DD43

tetradic

#43B3DD #BA43DD #DD6D43 #66DD43

square

#43B3DD #BA43DD #DD6D43 #66DD43

split-complementary

#43B3DD #DD4366 #DDBA43

monochromatic

#196D8C #2395C0 #43B3DD #77C8E6 #ABDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#43B3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#43B3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B3DD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B3DD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.116 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9e7',
    500: '#43b3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b3dd;
$custom-light: #8ac9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72079,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B3DD

secondary

#DEB09E

accent

#6C3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B3DD

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

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