#428496#428496

#428496 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.072 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#428496
RGB	rgb(66, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(193, 39%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, -15.64, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 22.42, 225.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% -0.0571 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.072 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0009, 19.8613, 31.8386)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#428496 #965442

analogous

#42967E #428496 #425A96

triadic

#428496 #964284 #849642

tetradic

#428496 #7E4296 #965442 #5A9642

square

#428496 #7E4296 #965442 #5A9642

split-complementary

#428496 #96425A #967E42

monochromatic

#1D3941 #2F5F6C #428496 #5DA4B8 #88BCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#428496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#428496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #428496

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##428496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##428496	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #428496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.072 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea8b4',
    500: '#428496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #428496;
$custom-light: #7ea8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#428496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57726,
    "c": 0.07239,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#428496

secondary

#B58A7E

accent

#7259CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #428496

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

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