#426C8D#426C8D

#426C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.071 H 243.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#426C8D
RGB	rgb(66, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(206, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, -4.72, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 23.09, 258.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% -0.0315 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.071 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4153, 13.8055, 27.2046)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#426C8D #8D6342

analogous

#428D88 #426C8D #42468D

triadic

#426C8D #8D426C #6C8D42

tetradic

#426C8D #88428D #8D6342 #468D42

square

#426C8D #88428D #8D6342 #468D42

split-complementary

#426C8D #8D4246 #8D8842

monochromatic

#1B2C3A #2E4C63 #426C8D #5A8BB2 #84A9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#426C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#426C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #426C8D

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##426C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##426C8D	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54648C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#187477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #426c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.071 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c96ae',
    500: '#426c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #426c8d;
$custom-light: #7c96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#426c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.4,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51463,
    "c": 0.07053,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#426C8D

secondary

#B0927B

accent

#8D5CCC

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #426C8D

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

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