#427DBE#427DBE

#427DBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.118 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#427DBE
RGB	rgb(66, 125, 190)
HSL	hsl(211, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 34.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 1.54, -39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 39.78, 272.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% -0.0355 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.118 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8712, 19.5413, 51.4825)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#427DBE #BE8342

analogous

#42BBBE #427DBE #4542BE

triadic

#427DBE #BE427D #7DBE42

tetradic

#427DBE #BE42BB #BE8342 #42BE45

square

#427DBE #BE42BB #BE8342 #42BE45

split-complementary

#427DBE #BE4542 #BBBE42

monochromatic

#224163 #325F91 #427DBE #709CCE #9DBCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#427DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#427DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #427DBE

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##427DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##427DBE	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6181C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F75BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #427dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 125, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.118 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a2d2',
    500: '#427dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #427dbe;
$custom-light: #83a2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#427dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.452,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58007,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#427DBE

secondary

#CAAF92

accent

#974FD8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #427DBE

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

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