#427DC2#427DC2

#427DC2 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.123 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#427DC2
RGB	rgb(66, 125, 194)
HSL	hsl(212, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 35.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 2.93, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 41.82, 274.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% -0.0345 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.123 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3144, 19.7186, 53.8167)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#427DC2 #C28742

analogous

#42BDC2 #427DC2 #4742C2

triadic

#427DC2 #C2427D #7DC242

tetradic

#427DC2 #C242BD #C28742 #42C247

square

#427DC2 #C242BD #C28742 #42C247

split-complementary

#427DC2 #C24742 #BDC242

monochromatic

#224268 #315F96 #427DC2 #709DD1 #9FBDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#427DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#427DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #427DC2

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##427DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##427DC2	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F81C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D75C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #427dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 125, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.123 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a2d5',
    500: '#427dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #427dc2;
$custom-light: #83a2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#427dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.344,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58232,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#427DC2

secondary

#CCB294

accent

#994DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #427DC2

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

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