#427e97

Color #427e97

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.57 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#427e97

RGB

rgb(66, 126, 151)

HSL

hsl(197.6, 39.2%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.6, 56.3%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(49.87, -12, -19.4)

LCH

lch(49.87, 22.81, 238.26)

OKLCH

oklch(56.3%, 0.0732, 227.38)

HWB

hwb(197.6, 25.9%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#975b42

Analogous

#429785

#427e97

#425397

Triadic

#427e97

#97427e

#7e9742

Split-complementary

#427e97

#974253

#978542

Tetradic

#427e97

#5b4297

#975b42

#7e9742

Square

#427e97

#854297

#975b42

#539742

Shades

Color #427e97 mixed toward black.

#37697e

#2c5465

#213f4b

#162a32

#0b1519

Tints

Color #427e97 mixed toward white.

#5599b5

#77adc4

#99c2d2

#bbd6e1

#ddebf0

Tones

Color #427e97 mixed toward gray.

#497b90

#507889

#577582

#5e727b

#656f73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626291 · ΔE 19.8

Deuteranopia

#5e5990 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#478d8c · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 16.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #427e97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#427e97]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#427e97 (#427e97) is rgb(66, 126, 151) in RGB.

No, #427e97 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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