#429ea8

Color #429ea8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.38 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#429ea8

RGB

rgb(66, 158, 168)

HSL

hsl(185.9, 43.6%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.9, 60.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.7%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(60.28, -23.97, -13.36)

LCH

lch(60.28, 27.44, 209.13)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.0872, 205.1)

HWB

hwb(185.9, 25.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a84c42

Analogous

#42a87f

#429ea8

#426ba8

Triadic

#429ea8

#a8429e

#9ea842

Split-complementary

#429ea8

#a8426b

#a87f42

Tetradic

#429ea8

#4c42a8

#a84c42

#9ea842

Square

#429ea8

#7f42a8

#a84c42

#6ba842

Shades

Color #429ea8 mixed toward black.

#37848c

#2c6970

#214f54

#163538

#0b1a1c

Tints

Color #429ea8 mixed toward white.

#5ab4be

#7bc3cb

#9cd2d8

#bde1e5

#def0f2

Tones

Color #429ea8 mixed toward gray.

#4b97a0

#539097

#5c8a8f

#648386

#6d7c7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576a6 · ΔE 26.8

Deuteranopia

#7069a5 · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#4aa4a3 · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #429ea8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#429ea8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#429ea8 (#429ea8) is rgb(66, 158, 168) in RGB.

No, #429ea8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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