#43B5DF#43B5DF

#43B5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B5DF
RGB	rgb(67, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -18.68, -30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 35.66, 238.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0806 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.117 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1525, 39.5651, 75.7400)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B5DF #DF6D43

analogous

#43DFBB #43B5DF #4367DF

triadic

#43B5DF #DF43B5 #B5DF43

tetradic

#43B5DF #BB43DF #DF6D43 #67DF43

square

#43B5DF #BB43DF #DF6D43 #67DF43

split-complementary

#43B5DF #DF4367 #DFBB43

monochromatic

#186F8F #2198C4 #43B5DF #77CAE8 #ACDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#43B5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#43B5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B5DF

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B5DF	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbe9',
    500: '#43b5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b5df;
$custom-light: #8acbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72633,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B5DF

secondary

#DFB09F

accent

#6A3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B5DF

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

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