#429EC5#429EC5

#429EC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.104 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429EC5
RGB	rgb(66, 158, 197)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -14.96, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 31.80, 241.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0675 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.104 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5477, 29.6406, 57.2400)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429EC5 #C56942

analogous

#42C5AB #429EC5 #425DC5

triadic

#429EC5 #C5429E #9EC542

tetradic

#429EC5 #AB42C5 #C56942 #5DC542

square

#429EC5 #AB42C5 #C56942 #5DC542

split-complementary

#429EC5 #C5425D #C5AB42

monochromatic

#21556C #2F7B9A #429EC5 #71B6D3 #A0CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#429EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#429EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429EC5

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429EC5	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 158, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.104 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bad6',
    500: '#429ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429ec5;
$custom-light: #85bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66043,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429EC5

secondary

#CEA695

accent

#774BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429EC5

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

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