#429EC0#429EC0

#429EC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.100 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429EC0
RGB	rgb(66, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -16.57, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 30.46, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0694 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.1 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9843, 29.4152, 54.2726)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429EC0 #C06442

analogous

#42C0A3 #429EC0 #425FC0

triadic

#429EC0 #C0429E #9EC042

tetradic

#429EC0 #A342C0 #C06442 #5FC042

square

#429EC0 #A342C0 #C06442 #5FC042

split-complementary

#429EC0 #C0425F #C0A342

monochromatic

#225366 #317994 #429EC0 #70B6CF #9ECDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#429EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#429EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429EC0

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429EC0	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.100 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bad3',
    500: '#429ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429ec0;
$custom-light: #84bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65821,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429EC0

secondary

#CBA293

accent

#744EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #429EC0

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

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