#426CE3#426CE3

#426CE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.187 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#426CE3
RGB	rgb(66, 108, 227)
HSL	hsl(224, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(224, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 52.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.79, 25.22, -64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.79, 69.56, 291.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% -0.0132 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.187 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4696, 17.4272, 74.8905)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#426CE3 #E3B942

analogous

#42BCE3 #426CE3 #6942E3

triadic

#426CE3 #E3426C #6CE342

tetradic

#426CE3 #E342BC #E3B942 #42E369

square

#426CE3 #E342BC #E3B942 #42E369

split-complementary

#426CE3 #E36942 #BCE342

monochromatic

#163795 #1E4BCA #426CE3 #7795EB #ADBFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#426CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#426CE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #426CE3

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##426CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##426CE3	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #426ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 108, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.187 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a95ed',
    500: '#426ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #426ce3;
$custom-light: #8a95ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#426ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.348,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56769,
    "c": 0.18699,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#426CE3

secondary

#E1D0A0

accent

#C037F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FD

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #426CE3

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

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