#429DCE#429DCE

#429DCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.112 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429DCE
RGB	rgb(66, 157, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 23.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, -11.47, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 34.92, 250.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0633 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.112 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4400, 29.7257, 62.7774)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429DCE #CE7342

analogous

#42CEB9 #429DCE #4257CE

triadic

#429DCE #CE429D #9DCE42

tetradic

#429DCE #B942CE #CE7342 #57CE42

square

#429DCE #B942CE #CE7342 #57CE42

split-complementary

#429DCE #CE4257 #CEB942

monochromatic

#1F5877 #2B7CA7 #429DCE #73B6DB #A3CFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#429DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#429DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429DCE

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429DCE	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 157, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.112 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9dd',
    500: '#429dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429dce;
$custom-light: #86b9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66224,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429DCE

secondary

#D4AD98

accent

#7C46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429DCE

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

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