#429BB9#429BB9

#429BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.095 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429BB9
RGB	rgb(66, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -17.19, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 29.05, 233.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0689 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.095 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7216, 28.1013, 50.1162)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429BB9 #B96042

analogous

#42B99C #429BB9 #4260B9

triadic

#429BB9 #B9429B #9BB942

tetradic

#429BB9 #9C42B9 #B96042 #60B942

square

#429BB9 #9C42B9 #B96042 #60B942

split-complementary

#429BB9 #B94260 #B99C42

monochromatic

#224F5F #32758C #429BB9 #6DB3CB #9ACBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#429BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#429BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429BB9

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429BB9	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.095 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8ce',
    500: '#429bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429bb9;
$custom-light: #83b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.126,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.648,
    "c": 0.09492,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429BB9

secondary

#C79E90

accent

#7351D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #429BB9

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

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