#43B5DA#43B5DA

#43B5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.114 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#43B5DA
RGBrgb(67, 181, 218)
HSLhsl(195, 67%, 56%)
HSVhsv(195, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.97, -20.27, -27.94)
CIE-LCHlch(68.97, 34.52, 234.04°)
OKLaboklab(72.42% -0.0825 -0.0781)
OKLCHoklch(72.42% 0.114 223.4)
XYZxyz(31.4883, 39.2994, 72.2421)
Luminance0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#43B5DA #DA6843
analogous
#43DAB3 #43B5DA #4369DA
triadic
#43B5DA #DA43B5 #B5DA43
tetradic
#43B5DA #B343DA #DA6843 #69DA43
square
#43B5DA #B343DA #DA6843 #69DA43
split-complementary
#43B5DA #DA4369 #DAB343
monochromatic
#1B6D88 #2596BB #43B5DA #76C9E4 #A9DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#43B5DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86
#43B5DA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B5DA
8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##43B5DA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##43B5DA1.002.378.868.86
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8621.001.001.00
##0000008.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0B1DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8BA2DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #43b5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.114 223.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbe5',
    500: '#43b5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #43b5da;
$custom-light: #89cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#43b5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.702,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72417,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#43B5DA
secondary
#DCAC9D
accent
#683EEA
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#43B5DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva