#429CD6#429CD6

#429CD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.121 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429CD6
RGB	rgb(66, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -8.24, -37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 38.26, 257.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.0597 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.121 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2681, 29.7874, 67.9704)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429CD6 #D67C42

analogous

#42D6C6 #429CD6 #4252D6

triadic

#429CD6 #D6429C #9CD642

tetradic

#429CD6 #C642D6 #D67C42 #52D642

square

#429CD6 #C642D6 #D67C42 #52D642

split-complementary

#429CD6 #D64252 #D6C642

monochromatic

#1C5A82 #277DB4 #429CD6 #74B6E1 #A7D1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#429CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#429CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429CD6

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429CD6	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.121 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9e3',
    500: '#429cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429cd6;
$custom-light: #87b9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.514,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66381,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429CD6

secondary

#D9B39B

accent

#8240E7

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429CD6

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

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