#429AC9#429AC9

#429AC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.109 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429AC9
RGB	rgb(66, 154, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -11.46, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 33.88, 250.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.062 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.109 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3409, 28.4839, 59.4622)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429AC9 #C97142

analogous

#42C9B5 #429AC9 #4256C9

triadic

#429AC9 #C9429A #9AC942

tetradic

#429AC9 #B542C9 #C97142 #56C942

square

#429AC9 #B542C9 #C97142 #56C942

split-complementary

#429AC9 #C94256 #C9B542

monochromatic

#205470 #2E78A0 #429AC9 #72B3D7 #A1CDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#429AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#429AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429AC9

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429AC9	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 154, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.109 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7d9',
    500: '#429ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429ac9;
$custom-light: #85b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65286,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429AC9

secondary

#D1AA96

accent

#7D49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429AC9

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

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