#429CBC#429CBC

#429CBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.097 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429CBC
RGB	rgb(66, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -16.77, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 29.67, 235.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.0688 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.097 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2087, 28.5636, 51.8574)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429CBC #BC6242

analogous

#42BC9F #429CBC #425FBC

triadic

#429CBC #BC429C #9CBC42

tetradic

#429CBC #9F42BC #BC6242 #5FBC42

square

#429CBC #9F42BC #BC6242 #5FBC42

split-complementary

#429CBC #BC425F #BC9F42

monochromatic

#225161 #32768F #429CBC #6FB4CC #9CCBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#429CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#429CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429CBC

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429CBC	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.097 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9d0',
    500: '#429cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429cbc;
$custom-light: #83b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65169,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429CBC

secondary

#C9A091

accent

#7450D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #429CBC

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

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