#43B6DD#43B6DD

#43B6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.116 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B6DD
RGB	rgb(67, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -19.84, -28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 35.10, 235.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0824 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.116 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0885, 39.8660, 74.3964)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B6DD #DD6A43

analogous

#43DDB7 #43B6DD #4369DD

triadic

#43B6DD #DD43B6 #B6DD43

tetradic

#43B6DD #B743DD #DD6A43 #69DD43

square

#43B6DD #B743DD #DD6A43 #69DD43

split-complementary

#43B6DD #DD4369 #DDB743

monochromatic

#196F8C #2398C0 #43B6DD #77CAE6 #ABDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#43B6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#43B6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B6DD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B6DD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.116 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acce7',
    500: '#43b6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b6dd;
$custom-light: #8acce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.195,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7278,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B6DD

secondary

#DEAE9E

accent

#683CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B6DD

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

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