#429AAD#429AAD

#429AAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.088 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429AAD
RGB	rgb(66, 154, 173)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 11%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -20.39, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 27.05, 221.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0726 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.088 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3421, 27.2844, 43.6687)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429AAD #AD5542

analogous

#42AD8B #429AAD #4265AD

triadic

#429AAD #AD429A #9AAD42

tetradic

#429AAD #8B42AD #AD5542 #65AD42

square

#429AAD #8B42AD #AD5542 #65AD42

split-complementary

#429AAD #AD4265 #AD8B42

monochromatic

#204B54 #317381 #429AAD #67B4C5 #93CAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#429AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#429AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429AAD

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429AAD	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 154, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.088 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8c5',
    500: '#429aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429aad;
$custom-light: #82b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.654,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64058,
    "c": 0.08775,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429AAD

secondary

#C19389

accent

#6A53D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #429AAD

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

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