#427DBD#427DBD

#427DBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.117 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#427DBD
RGB	rgb(66, 125, 189)
HSL	hsl(211, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 33.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 1.20, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 39.27, 271.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.0358 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.117 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7623, 19.4977, 50.9089)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#427DBD #BD8242

analogous

#42BABD #427DBD #4542BD

triadic

#427DBD #BD427D #7DBD42

tetradic

#427DBD #BD42BA #BD8242 #42BD45

square

#427DBD #BD42BA #BD8242 #42BD45

split-complementary

#427DBD #BD4542 #BABD42

monochromatic

#224162 #325F90 #427DBD #6F9CCD #9DBBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#427DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#427DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #427DBD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##427DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##427DBD	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6181C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5075BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #427dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 125, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.117 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a2d1',
    500: '#427dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #427dbd;
$custom-light: #82a2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#427dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.22,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57952,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#427DBD

secondary

#C9AF92

accent

#9750D8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #427DBD

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

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