#43B5D8#43B5D8

#43B5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B5D8
RGB	rgb(67, 181, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -20.90, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 34.11, 232.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0832 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.112 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2282, 39.1954, 70.8721)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B5D8 #D86643

analogous

#43D8B0 #43B5D8 #436AD8

triadic

#43B5D8 #D843B5 #B5D843

tetradic

#43B5D8 #B043D8 #D86643 #6AD843

square

#43B5D8 #B043D8 #D86643 #6AD843

split-complementary

#43B5D8 #D8436A #D8B043

monochromatic

#1C6C85 #2695B8 #43B5D8 #76C9E3 #A8DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#43B5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#43B5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B5D8

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B5D8	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 181, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbe4',
    500: '#43b5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b5d8;
$custom-light: #89cbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.094,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72332,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B5D8

secondary

#DAAB9C

accent

#673FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B5D8

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

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