#429CB8#429CB8

#429CB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.094 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429CB8
RGB	rgb(66, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -18.03, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 28.80, 231.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0703 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.094 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7835, 28.3935, 49.6179)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429CB8 #B85E42

analogous

#42B899 #429CB8 #4261B8

triadic

#429CB8 #B8429C #9CB842

tetradic

#429CB8 #9942B8 #B85E42 #61B842

square

#429CB8 #9942B8 #B85E42 #61B842

split-complementary

#429CB8 #B84261 #B89942

monochromatic

#22505E #32768B #429CB8 #6DB4CB #9ACBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#429CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#429CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429CB8

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429CB8	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.094 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9cd',
    500: '#429cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429cb8;
$custom-light: #83b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.237,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64998,
    "c": 0.09413,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429CB8

secondary

#C79C8F

accent

#7151D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #429CB8

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

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