#427C97#427C97

#427C97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.074 H 230.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#427C97
RGB	rgb(66, 124, 151)
HSL	hsl(199, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, -10.87, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 23.06, 241.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% -0.0472 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.074 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0382, 17.8066, 31.9167)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#427C97 #975D42

analogous

#429788 #427C97 #425197

triadic

#427C97 #97427C #7C9742

tetradic

#427C97 #884297 #975D42 #519742

square

#427C97 #884297 #975D42 #519742

split-complementary

#427C97 #974251 #978842

monochromatic

#1D3642 #2F596C #427C97 #5E9CB8 #88B6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#427C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#427C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #427C97

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##427C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##427C97	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #427c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 124, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.074 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da2b5',
    500: '#427c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #427c97;
$custom-light: #7da2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#427c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.059,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55808,
    "c": 0.07374,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#427C97

secondary

#B6907F

accent

#7E59CF

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #427C97

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

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