#43B5DB#43B5DB

#43B5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B5DB
RGB	rgb(67, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -19.95, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 34.73, 234.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0821 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.114 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6196, 39.3519, 72.9333)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B5DB #DB6943

analogous

#43DBB5 #43B5DB #4369DB

triadic

#43B5DB #DB43B5 #B5DB43

tetradic

#43B5DB #B543DB #DB6943 #69DB43

square

#43B5DB #B543DB #DB6943 #69DB43

split-complementary

#43B5DB #DB4369 #DBB543

monochromatic

#1A6E89 #2497BD #43B5DB #76C9E5 #AADDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#43B5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#43B5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B5DB

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B5DB	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbe6',
    500: '#43b5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b5db;
$custom-light: #89cbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7246,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B5DB

secondary

#DCAD9E

accent

#683DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B5DB

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

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