#429DC9#429DC9

#429DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.108 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429DC9
RGB	rgb(66, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -13.11, -30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 33.21, 246.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0651 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.108 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8422, 29.4866, 59.6293)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429DC9 #C96E42

analogous

#42C9B2 #429DC9 #4259C9

triadic

#429DC9 #C9429D #9DC942

tetradic

#429DC9 #B242C9 #C96E42 #59C942

square

#429DC9 #B242C9 #C96E42 #59C942

split-complementary

#429DC9 #C94259 #C9B242

monochromatic

#205670 #2E7BA0 #429DC9 #72B6D7 #A1CEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#429DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#429DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429DC9

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429DC9	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.108 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bad9',
    500: '#429dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429dc9;
$custom-light: #85bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6599,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429DC9

secondary

#D1A996

accent

#7A49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429DC9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →