HEX atlas value

#43B3AE

#43B3AE is a cool cyan HEX color nearest Verdigris. RGB 67, 179, 174, HSL 177° 46% 48%, luminance 0.3649; view contrast and conversions.

cyan cool balanced

#43B3AE Sample readable text

HEX #43B3AE

RGB rgb(67, 179, 174)

HSL hsl(177 46% 48%)

CMYK cmyk(63, 0, 3, 30)

Luminance 0.3649

Contrast Black 8.3:1White 2.53:1

CSS

--color-43b3ae: #43B3AE;
.background-43b3ae { background-color: #43B3AE; }
.text-43b3ae { color: #43B3AE; }

HEX meaning and use

About #43B3AE

#43B3AE is classified as a cool cyan value with balanced visual character. #43B3AE is visually closest to Verdigris, a named cyan color with HEX #43B3AE.

The RGB channels are 67, 179, and 174, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 177deg with 46% saturation and 48% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.3649, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.3:1AA Pass

White text2.53:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #43B3AE needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.3:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.53:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#80D0CC#80D0CC · #000000 text · best 11.81:1 Medium Turquoise#48D1CC · #000000 text · best 11.27:1 Medium Aquamarine#66CDAA · #000000 text · best 10.88:1 #27CEC5#27CEC5 · #000000 text · best 10.72:1 Light Sea Green#20B2AA · #000000 text · best 8.01:1

Generated Palette

Verdigris#43B3AE

#B34248#B34248

#42B375#42B375

#4280B3#4280B3

#80D0CC#80D0CC

#29706C#29706C

Color Harmonies

#B34248#B34248

#42B375#42B375

#4280B3#4280B3

#AD42B3#AD42B3

#B3AD42#B3AD42

Variants

#80D0CC#80D0CC

#29706C#29706C

#27CEC5#27CEC5

#5D9895#5D9895

#A5CFCD#A5CFCD

#1FFFF4#1FFFF4

Nearest Named Colors

Verdigris#43B3AE

Light Sea Green#20B2AA

Cadet Blue#5F9EA0

Medium Turquoise#48D1CC

Medium Aquamarine#66CDAA

Luminance0.3649

Black text8.3:1AA Pass

White text2.53:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#43B3AE","rgb":[67,179,174],"hsl":[177,46,48],"cmyk":[63,0,3,30],"luminance":0.3649,"contrast":{"black":8.3,"white":2.53}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.3,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.53,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#80D0CC","hex":"#80D0CC","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.81,"contrastWhite":1.78,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Medium Turquoise","hex":"#48D1CC","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.27,"contrastWhite":1.86,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Medium Aquamarine","hex":"#66CDAA","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.88,"contrastWhite":1.93,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#27CEC5","hex":"#27CEC5","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.72,"contrastWhite":1.96,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Light Sea Green","hex":"#20B2AA","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.01,"contrastWhite":2.62,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool cyan","balanced","balanced cyan","Verdigris adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/43b3ae.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/verdigris.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-sea-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cadet-blue.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B34248","analogous":["#42B375","#4280B3"],"triadic":["#AD42B3","#B3AD42"],"tetradic":["#7542B3","#B34248","#80B342"],"splitComplementary":["#B34280","#B37542"],"monochromatic":["#80D0CC","#43B3AE","#29706C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#80D0CC","dark":"#29706C","saturated":"#27CEC5","desaturated":"#5D9895","pastel":"#A5CFCD","neon":"#1FFFF4"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"verdigris","name":"Verdigris","hex":"#43B3AE","distance":0},{"slug":"light-sea-green","name":"Light Sea Green","hex":"#20B2AA","distance":35.24202037341219},{"slug":"cadet-blue","name":"Cadet Blue","hex":"#5F9EA0","distance":37.69615364994153},{"slug":"medium-turquoise","name":"Medium Turquoise","hex":"#48D1CC","distance":42.720018726587654},{"slug":"medium-aquamarine","name":"Medium Aquamarine","hex":"#66CDAA","distance":43.78355855797927}]

#43B3AE

CSS

About #43B3AE

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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