#427D96#427D96

#427D96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.073 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#427D96
RGB	rgb(66, 125, 150)
HSL	hsl(198, 39%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 16.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, -11.75, -19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 22.63, 238.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% -0.0488 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.073 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0833, 18.0261, 31.5328)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#427D96 #965B42

analogous

#429685 #427D96 #425396

triadic

#427D96 #96427D #7D9642

tetradic

#427D96 #854296 #965B42 #539642

square

#427D96 #854296 #965B42 #539642

split-complementary

#427D96 #964253 #968542

monochromatic

#1D3641 #2F5A6C #427D96 #5D9DB8 #88B7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#427D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#427D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #427D96

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##427D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##427D96	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #427d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 125, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.073 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da2b5',
    500: '#427d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #427d96;
$custom-light: #7da2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#427d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.857,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56008,
    "c": 0.07263,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#427D96

secondary

#B58F7E

accent

#7C59CF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF3F6

border

#C9CDD0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #427D96

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

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