#43B4DC#43B4DC

#43B4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B4DC
RGB	rgb(67, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -19.11, -29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 35.04, 236.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0807 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.115 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5490, 38.9996, 73.5612)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B4DC #DC6B43

analogous

#43DCB8 #43B4DC #4368DC

triadic

#43B4DC #DC43B4 #B4DC43

tetradic

#43B4DC #B843DC #DC6B43 #68DC43

square

#43B4DC #B843DC #DC6B43 #68DC43

split-complementary

#43B4DC #DC4368 #DCB843

monochromatic

#1A6D8B #2396BE #43B4DC #77C9E6 #AADDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#43B4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#43B4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B4DC

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B4DC	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cae7',
    500: '#43b4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b4dc;
$custom-light: #89cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72269,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B4DC

secondary

#DDAE9E

accent

#6A3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B4DC

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

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