#43BDD8#43BDD8

#43BDD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.112 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#43BDD8
RGBrgb(67, 189, 216)
HSLhsl(191, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(191, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 12.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(71.24, -24.98, -23.36)
CIE-LCHlch(71.24, 34.20, 223.09°)
OKLaboklab(74.22% -0.0912 -0.0651)
OKLCHoklch(74.22% 0.112 215.5)
XYZxyz(32.9018, 42.5426, 71.4300)
Luminance0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#43BDD8 #D85E43
analogous
#43D8A8 #43BDD8 #4373D8
triadic
#43BDD8 #D843BD #BDD843
tetradic
#43BDD8 #A843D8 #D85E43 #73D843
square
#43BDD8 #A843D8 #D85E43 #73D843
split-complementary
#43BDD8 #D84373 #D8A843
monochromatic
#1C7285 #269DB8 #43BDD8 #76CFE3 #A8E1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21
#43BDD8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51
#43BDD8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43BDD8
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##43BDD8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##43BDD81.002.219.519.51
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5121.001.001.00
##0000009.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAB7DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95A8D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #43bdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 189, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.112 215.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1e4',
    500: '#43bdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #43bdd8;
$custom-light: #8ad1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#43bdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.872,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74219,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#43BDD8
secondary
#DAA89C
accent
#5E3FE9
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #43BDD8

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#43BDD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva