#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
RGBrgb(66, 125, 150)
HSLhsl(198, 39%, 42%)
HSVhsv(198, 56%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(56%, 16.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LABlab(49.53, -11.75, -19.34)
CIE-LCHlch(49.53, 22.63, 238.73°)
OKLaboklab(56.01% -0.0488 -0.0538)
OKLCHoklch(56.01% 0.073 227.8)
XYZxyz(15.0833, 18.0261, 31.5328)
Luminance0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##427D961.004.564.614.61
#FFFFFF4.561.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6121.001.001.00
##0000004.6121.001.001.00

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

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#427D96 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva