#43BCD8#43BCD8

#43BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.112 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43BCD8
RGB	rgb(67, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -24.47, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 34.15, 224.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0902 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.112 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6875, 42.1139, 71.3585)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43BCD8 #D85F43

analogous

#43D8A9 #43BCD8 #4371D8

triadic

#43BCD8 #D843BC #BCD843

tetradic

#43BCD8 #A943D8 #D85F43 #71D843

square

#43BCD8 #A943D8 #D85F43 #71D843

split-complementary

#43BCD8 #D84371 #D8A943

monochromatic

#1C7185 #269CB8 #43BCD8 #76CEE3 #A8E0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#43BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#43BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43BCD8

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43BCD8	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.112 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0e4',
    500: '#43bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43bcd8;
$custom-light: #8ad0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.275,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73983,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43BCD8

secondary

#DAA89C

accent

#5F3FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #43BCD8

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

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