#427E8A#427E8A

#427E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.065 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#427E8A
RGB	rgb(66, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(190, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, -15.97, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 20.29, 218.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% -0.0549 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.065 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2933, 17.9137, 26.7443)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#427E8A #8A4E42

analogous

#428A72 #427E8A #425A8A

triadic

#427E8A #8A427E #7E8A42

tetradic

#427E8A #72428A #8A4E42 #5A8A42

square

#427E8A #72428A #8A4E42 #5A8A42

split-complementary

#427E8A #8A425A #8A7242

monochromatic

#1A3237 #2E5861 #427E8A #59A1B0 #83B9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#427E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#427E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #427E8A

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##427E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##427E8A	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69728A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#148382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #427e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.065 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca3ac',
    500: '#427e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #427e8a;
$custom-light: #7ca3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#427e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55751,
    "c": 0.06491,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#427E8A

secondary

#AE8279

accent

#6F5CCB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF3F4

border

#C9CDCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #427E8A

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

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