#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
RGBrgb(67, 181, 216)
HSLhsl(194, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(194, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.89, -20.90, -26.96)
CIE-LCHlch(68.89, 34.11, 232.22°)
OKLaboklab(72.33% -0.0832 -0.0753)
OKLCHoklch(72.33% 0.112 222.1)
XYZxyz(31.2282, 39.1954, 70.8721)
Luminance0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##43B5D81.002.388.848.84
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8421.001.001.00
##0000008.8421.001.001.00

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

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#43B5D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva