#43B4DD#43B4DD

#43B4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B4DD
RGB	rgb(67, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -18.79, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 35.28, 237.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0804 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.116 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6818, 39.0527, 74.2608)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B4DD #DD6C43

analogous

#43DDB9 #43B4DD #4367DD

triadic

#43B4DD #DD43B4 #B4DD43

tetradic

#43B4DD #B943DD #DD6C43 #67DD43

square

#43B4DD #B943DD #DD6C43 #67DD43

split-complementary

#43B4DD #DD4367 #DDB943

monochromatic

#196E8C #2396C0 #43B4DD #77C9E6 #ABDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#43B4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#43B4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B4DD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B4DD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae7',
    500: '#43b4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b4dd;
$custom-light: #8acae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.974,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72312,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B4DD

secondary

#DEAF9E

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B4DD

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

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