#43C5DD#43C5DD

#43C5DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.115 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43C5DD
RGB	rgb(67, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -27.43, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 35.31, 219.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0971 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.115 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3266, 46.3422, 75.4757)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43C5DD #DD5B43

analogous

#43DDA8 #43C5DD #4378DD

triadic

#43C5DD #DD43C5 #C5DD43

tetradic

#43C5DD #A843DD #DD5B43 #78DD43

square

#43C5DD #A843DD #DD5B43 #78DD43

split-complementary

#43C5DD #DD4378 #DDA843

monochromatic

#197A8C #23A8C0 #43C5DD #77D5E6 #ABE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#43C5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#43C5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #43C5DD

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43C5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##43C5DD	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43c5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.115 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7e7',
    500: '#43c5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43c5dd;
$custom-light: #8bd7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43c5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.351,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76308,
    "c": 0.11514,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43C5DD

secondary

#DEA89E

accent

#573CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #43C5DD

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

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