#429CC5#429CC5

#429CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.104 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429CC5
RGB	rgb(66, 156, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -13.87, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 32.13, 244.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% -0.0655 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.104 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2093, 28.9638, 57.1272)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429CC5 #C56B42

analogous

#42C5AD #429CC5 #425BC5

triadic

#429CC5 #C5429C #9CC542

tetradic

#429CC5 #AD42C5 #C56B42 #5BC542

square

#429CC5 #AD42C5 #C56B42 #5BC542

split-complementary

#429CC5 #C5425B #C5AD42

monochromatic

#21546C #2F799A #429CC5 #71B5D3 #A0CDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#429CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#429CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429CC5

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429CC5	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 156, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.104 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9d6',
    500: '#429cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429cc5;
$custom-light: #85b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.779,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6557,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429CC5

secondary

#CEA795

accent

#794BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429CC5

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

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