#43B5DC#43B5DC

#43B5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B5DC
RGB	rgb(67, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -19.63, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 34.95, 235.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0817 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.115 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7516, 39.4048, 73.6288)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B5DC #DC6A43

analogous

#43DCB7 #43B5DC #4369DC

triadic

#43B5DC #DC43B5 #B5DC43

tetradic

#43B5DC #B743DC #DC6A43 #69DC43

square

#43B5DC #B743DC #DC6A43 #69DC43

split-complementary

#43B5DC #DC4369 #DCB743

monochromatic

#1A6E8B #2397BE #43B5DC #77C9E6 #AADEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#43B5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#43B5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B5DC

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B5DC	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe7',
    500: '#43b5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b5dc;
$custom-light: #8acbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72503,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B5DC

secondary

#DDAE9E

accent

#693CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B5DC

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

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