#43B5BD#43B5BD

#43B5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.101 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B5BD
RGB	rgb(67, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -29.11, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 32.10, 204.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0941 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.101 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0200, 37.9121, 53.9753)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B5BD #BD4B43

analogous

#43BD88 #43B5BD #4378BD

triadic

#43B5BD #BD43B5 #B5BD43

tetradic

#43B5BD #8843BD #BD4B43 #78BD43

square

#43B5BD #8843BD #BD4B43 #78BD43

split-complementary

#43B5BD #BD4378 #BD8843

monochromatic

#235F63 #338A90 #43B5BD #70C7CD #9ED9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#43B5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#43B5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B5BD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B5BD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.101 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbd0',
    500: '#43b5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b5bd;
$custom-light: #86cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.934,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71268,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B5BD

secondary

#C99693

accent

#5950D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B5BD

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

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