#429DC8#429DC8

#429DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.107 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429DC8
RGB	rgb(66, 157, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -13.44, -30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 32.89, 245.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0654 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.107 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7250, 29.4397, 59.0118)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429DC8 #C86D42

analogous

#42C8B0 #429DC8 #425AC8

triadic

#429DC8 #C8429D #9DC842

tetradic

#429DC8 #B042C8 #C86D42 #5AC842

square

#429DC8 #B042C8 #C86D42 #5AC842

split-complementary

#429DC8 #C8425A #C8B042

monochromatic

#20566F #2E7B9F #429DC8 #71B6D6 #A1CEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#429DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#429DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429DC8

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429DC8	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 157, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.107 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bad9',
    500: '#429dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429dc8;
$custom-light: #85bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65944,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429DC8

secondary

#D0A896

accent

#794ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429DC8

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

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