#429DC4#429DC4

#429DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.103 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429DC4
RGB	rgb(66, 157, 196)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -14.74, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 31.66, 242.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0669 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.103 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2636, 29.2551, 56.5819)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429DC4 #C46942

analogous

#42C4AA #429DC4 #425CC4

triadic

#429DC4 #C4429D #9DC442

tetradic

#429DC4 #AA42C4 #C46942 #5CC442

square

#429DC4 #AA42C4 #C46942 #5CC442

split-complementary

#429DC4 #C4425C #C4AA42

monochromatic

#21546A #307999 #429DC4 #71B5D3 #9FCDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#429DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#429DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429DC4

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429DC4	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 157, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.103 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bad6',
    500: '#429dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429dc4;
$custom-light: #85bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65762,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429DC4

secondary

#CEA594

accent

#774CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429DC4

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

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