#427E98#427E98

#427E98 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.074 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#427E98
RGB	rgb(66, 126, 152)
HSL	hsl(198, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.91, -11.68, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.91, 23.10, 239.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% -0.0492 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.074 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3730, 18.3456, 32.4306)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#427E98 #985C42

analogous

#429887 #427E98 #425398

triadic

#427E98 #98427E #7E9842

tetradic

#427E98 #874298 #985C42 #539842

square

#427E98 #874298 #985C42 #539842

split-complementary

#427E98 #984253 #988742

monochromatic

#1D3743 #2F5B6D #427E98 #5E9EB9 #89B7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#427E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#427E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #427E98

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##427E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##427E98	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #427e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 126, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.074 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da3b6',
    500: '#427e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #427e98;
$custom-light: #7da3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#427e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 39.45,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5634,
    "c": 0.07414,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#427E98

secondary

#B7907F

accent

#7C58CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F6

border

#CACDD0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #427E98

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

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