#43B5CD#43B5CD

#43B5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B5CD
RGB	rgb(67, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -24.32, -21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 32.48, 221.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0875 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.106 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8535, 38.6455, 63.6318)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B5CD #CD5B43

analogous

#43CDA0 #43B5CD #4370CD

triadic

#43B5CD #CD43B5 #B5CD43

tetradic

#43B5CD #A043CD #CD5B43 #70CD43

square

#43B5CD #A043CD #CD5B43 #70CD43

split-complementary

#43B5CD #CD4370 #CDA043

monochromatic

#1F6776 #2C91A7 #43B5CD #73C8DA #A4DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#43B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#43B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B5CD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B5CD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbdc',
    500: '#43b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b5cd;
$custom-light: #88cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7188,
    "c": 0.10604,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B5CD

secondary

#D4A398

accent

#6147E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B5CD

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

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