#429DB8#429DB8

#429DB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.094 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429DB8
RGB	rgb(66, 157, 184)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, -18.57, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 28.78, 229.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0714 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.094 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9520, 28.7305, 49.6740)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429DB8 #B85D42

analogous

#42B898 #429DB8 #4262B8

triadic

#429DB8 #B8429D #9DB842

tetradic

#429DB8 #9842B8 #B85D42 #62B842

square

#429DB8 #9842B8 #B85D42 #62B842

split-complementary

#429DB8 #B84262 #B89842

monochromatic

#22505E #32778B #429DB8 #6DB5CB #9ACCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#429DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#429DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429DB8

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429DB8	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 157, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.094 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bacd',
    500: '#429db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429db8;
$custom-light: #83bacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.729,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65238,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429DB8

secondary

#C79C8F

accent

#7051D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #429DB8

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

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