#43B5BC#43B5BC

#43B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.101 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B5BC
RGB	rgb(67, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -29.40, -13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 32.16, 203.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0945 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.101 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9118, 37.8688, 53.4056)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B5BC #BC4A43

analogous

#43BC86 #43B5BC #4379BC

triadic

#43B5BC #BC43B5 #B5BC43

tetradic

#43B5BC #8643BC #BC4A43 #79BC43

square

#43B5BC #8643BC #BC4A43 #79BC43

split-complementary

#43B5BC #BC4379 #BC8643

monochromatic

#235E62 #338A8F #43B5BC #70C7CC #9DD9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#43B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#43B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B5BC

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B5BC	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.101 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbd0',
    500: '#43b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b5bc;
$custom-light: #86cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.471,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71231,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B5BC

secondary

#C99592

accent

#5951D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B5BC

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

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