#429EC9#429EC9

#429EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.107 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429EC9
RGB	rgb(66, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -13.66, -30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 33.01, 245.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0661 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.107 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0121, 29.8263, 59.6859)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429EC9 #C96D42

analogous

#42C9B1 #429EC9 #425BC9

triadic

#429EC9 #C9429E #9EC942

tetradic

#429EC9 #B142C9 #C96D42 #5BC942

square

#429EC9 #B142C9 #C96D42 #5BC942

split-complementary

#429EC9 #C9425B #C9B142

monochromatic

#205770 #2E7CA0 #429EC9 #72B6D7 #A1CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#429EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#429EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429EC9

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429EC9	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.107 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bad9',
    500: '#429ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429ec9;
$custom-light: #85bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66225,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429EC9

secondary

#D1A996

accent

#7949DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #429EC9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →