#43B4C9#43B4C9

#43B4C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.104 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B4C9
RGB	rgb(67, 180, 201)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -25.04, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 32.04, 218.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0881 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.104 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1742, 38.0496, 61.0538)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B4C9 #C95843

analogous

#43C99B #43B4C9 #4371C9

triadic

#43B4C9 #C943B4 #B4C943

tetradic

#43B4C9 #9B43C9 #C95843 #71C943

square

#43B4C9 #9B43C9 #C95843 #71C943

split-complementary

#43B4C9 #C94371 #C99B43

monochromatic

#206471 #2E8FA1 #43B4C9 #73C7D7 #A2DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#43B4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#43B4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B4C9

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B4C9	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 180, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.104 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cad9',
    500: '#43b4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b4c9;
$custom-light: #87cad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.403,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71482,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B4C9

secondary

#D1A097

accent

#6149DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B4C9

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

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