#427E97#427E97

#427E97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.073 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#427E97
RGB	rgb(66, 126, 151)
HSL	hsl(198, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, -12.00, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 22.81, 238.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% -0.0496 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.073 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2914, 18.3130, 32.0011)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#427E97 #975B42

analogous

#429786 #427E97 #425397

triadic

#427E97 #97427E #7E9742

tetradic

#427E97 #864297 #975B42 #539742

square

#427E97 #864297 #975B42 #539742

split-complementary

#427E97 #974253 #978642

monochromatic

#1D3742 #2F5A6C #427E97 #5E9EB8 #88B7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#427E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#427E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #427E97

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##427E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##427E97	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717C98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #427e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 126, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.073 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da3b5',
    500: '#427e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #427e97;
$custom-light: #7da3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#427e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56296,
    "c": 0.07329,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#427E97

secondary

#B68F7F

accent

#7C59CF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF3F6

border

#C9CDD0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #427E97

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

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