#429CC6#429CC6

#429CC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.105 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429CC6
RGB	rgb(66, 156, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -13.55, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 32.44, 245.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0651 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.105 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3243, 29.0098, 57.7327)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429CC6 #C66C42

analogous

#42C6AE #429CC6 #425AC6

triadic

#429CC6 #C6429C #9CC642

tetradic

#429CC6 #AE42C6 #C66C42 #5AC642

square

#429CC6 #AE42C6 #C66C42 #5AC642

split-complementary

#429CC6 #C6425A #C6AE42

monochromatic

#21556D #2F799C #429CC6 #71B5D4 #A0CDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#429CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#429CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429CC6

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429CC6	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 156, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.105 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9d7',
    500: '#429cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429cc6;
$custom-light: #85b9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65616,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429CC6

secondary

#CFA795

accent

#794BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429CC6

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

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