#429ba9

Color #429ba9

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.4 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#429ba9

RGB

rgb(66, 155, 169)

HSL

hsl(188.2, 43.8%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.2, 60.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(59.4, -22.13, -15.26)

LCH

lch(59.4, 26.88, 214.59)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0864, 209.33)

HWB

hwb(188.2, 25.9%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a95042

Analogous

#42a984

#429ba9

#4267a9

Triadic

#429ba9

#a9429b

#9ba942

Split-complementary

#429ba9

#a94267

#a98442

Tetradic

#429ba9

#5042a9

#a95042

#9ba942

Square

#429ba9

#8442a9

#a95042

#67a942

Shades

Color #429ba9 mixed toward black.

#37818d

#2c6771

#214d55

#163438

#0b1a1c

Tints

Color #429ba9 mixed toward white.

#5ab1bf

#7bc1cc

#9cd0d8

#bde0e5

#deeff2

Tones

Color #429ba9 mixed toward gray.

#4b95a0

#538e98

#5c888f

#648287

#6d7c7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7374a6 · ΔE 25.9

Deuteranopia

#6e67a5 · ΔE 28.8

Tritanopia

#4aa3a3 · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #429ba9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#429ba9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#429ba9 (#429ba9) is rgb(66, 155, 169) in RGB.

No, #429ba9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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