#429EC8#429EC8

#429EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.106 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429EC8
RGB	rgb(66, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -13.98, -29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 32.70, 244.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0664 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.106 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8948, 29.7794, 59.0684)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429EC8 #C86C42

analogous

#42C8AF #429EC8 #425BC8

triadic

#429EC8 #C8429E #9EC842

tetradic

#429EC8 #AF42C8 #C86C42 #5BC842

square

#429EC8 #AF42C8 #C86C42 #5BC842

split-complementary

#429EC8 #C8425B #C8AF42

monochromatic

#20576F #2E7B9F #429EC8 #71B6D6 #A1CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#429EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#429EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429EC8

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429EC8	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.106 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bad9',
    500: '#429ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429ec8;
$custom-light: #85bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.806,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66179,
    "c": 0.10619,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429EC8

secondary

#D0A896

accent

#784ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429EC8

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

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