#43B8DC#43B8DC

#43B8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43B8DC
RGB	rgb(67, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -21.19, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 34.77, 232.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0847 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.114 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3682, 40.6379, 73.8343)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43B8DC #DC6743

analogous

#43DCB4 #43B8DC #436CDC

triadic

#43B8DC #DC43B8 #B8DC43

tetradic

#43B8DC #B443DC #DC6743 #6CDC43

square

#43B8DC #B443DC #DC6743 #6CDC43

split-complementary

#43B8DC #DC436C #DCB443

monochromatic

#1A708B #239ABE #43B8DC #77CBE6 #AADFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#43B8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#43B8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43B8DC

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43B8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43B8DC	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43b8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acde7',
    500: '#43b8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43b8dc;
$custom-light: #8acde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43b8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73206,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43B8DC

secondary

#DDAD9E

accent

#663CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #43B8DC

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

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