#43B4DF#43B4DF

#43B4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B4DF
RGB	rgb(67, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -18.15, -30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 35.78, 239.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0797 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.118 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9499, 39.1599, 75.6725)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B4DF #DF6E43

analogous

#43DFBC #43B4DF #4366DF

triadic

#43B4DF #DF43B4 #B4DF43

tetradic

#43B4DF #BC43DF #DF6E43 #66DF43

square

#43B4DF #BC43DF #DF6E43 #66DF43

split-complementary

#43B4DF #DF4366 #DFBC43

monochromatic

#186E8F #2197C4 #43B4DF #77C9E8 #ACDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#43B4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#43B4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B4DF

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B4DF	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae9',
    500: '#43b4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b4df;
$custom-light: #8acae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.538,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B4DF

secondary

#DFB19F

accent

#6C3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B4DF

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

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