#429DC5#429DC5

#429DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.104 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429DC5
RGB	rgb(66, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -14.42, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 31.96, 243.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0665 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.104 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3778, 29.3008, 57.1834)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429DC5 #C56A42

analogous

#42C5AC #429DC5 #425CC5

triadic

#429DC5 #C5429D #9DC542

tetradic

#429DC5 #AC42C5 #C56A42 #5CC542

square

#429DC5 #AC42C5 #C56A42 #5CC542

split-complementary

#429DC5 #C5425C #C5AC42

monochromatic

#21556C #2F7A9A #429DC5 #71B5D3 #A0CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#429DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#429DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429DC5

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429DC5	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.104 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bad6',
    500: '#429dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429dc5;
$custom-light: #85bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.321,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65807,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429DC5

secondary

#CEA695

accent

#784BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429DC5

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

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