#43BCA5#43BCA5

#43BCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43BCA5
RGB	rgb(67, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -38.98, 1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 39.02, 177.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1121 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.112 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0863, 39.8734, 41.8589)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43BCA5 #BC435A

analogous

#43BC68 #43BCA5 #4397BC

triadic

#43BCA5 #A543BC #BCA543

tetradic

#43BCA5 #6843BC #BC435A #97BC43

square

#43BCA5 #6843BC #BC435A #97BC43

split-complementary

#43BCA5 #BC4397 #BC6843

monochromatic

#236256 #338F7D #43BCA5 #70CCBB #9DDCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#43BCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#43BCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43BCA5

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43BCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43BCA5	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43bca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1bf',
    500: '#43bca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43bca5;
$custom-light: #85d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43bca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.595,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43BCA5

secondary

#C9929D

accent

#516AD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #43BCA5

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

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