#43B8A9#43B8A9

#43B8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B8A9
RGB	rgb(67, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -36.11, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 36.17, 183.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.106 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.106 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6134, 38.3360, 43.5254)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B8A9 #B84352

analogous

#43B86F #43B8A9 #438DB8

triadic

#43B8A9 #A943B8 #B8A943

tetradic

#43B8A9 #6F43B8 #B84352 #8DB843

square

#43B8A9 #6F43B8 #B84352 #8DB843

split-complementary

#43B8A9 #B8438D #B86F43

monochromatic

#225E57 #338B80 #43B8A9 #6ECABE #9BDBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#43B8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#43B8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B8A9

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B8A9	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cec2',
    500: '#43b8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b8a9;
$custom-light: #85cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.308,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71323,
    "c": 0.10619,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B8A9

secondary

#C79097

accent

#5263D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B8A9

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

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