#429DC6#429DC6

#429DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.105 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429DC6
RGB	rgb(66, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -14.09, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 32.26, 244.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0661 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.105 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4928, 29.3468, 57.7888)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429DC6 #C66B42

analogous

#42C6AD #429DC6 #425BC6

triadic

#429DC6 #C6429D #9DC642

tetradic

#429DC6 #AD42C6 #C66B42 #5BC642

square

#429DC6 #AD42C6 #C66B42 #5BC642

split-complementary

#429DC6 #C6425B #C6AD42

monochromatic

#21556D #2F7A9C #429DC6 #71B5D4 #A0CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#429DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#429DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429DC6

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429DC6	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.105 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bad7',
    500: '#429dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429dc6;
$custom-light: #85bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.636,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65852,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429DC6

secondary

#CFA795

accent

#784BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429DC6

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

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