All About Color #427A8A

#427A8A

About #427A8A

#427A8A is a medium cyan color with the hex code #427A8A. In RGB it is red 66, green 122, blue 138; in HSL it is hue 193°, saturation 35%, lightness 40%; in CMYK it is 52%, 12%, 0%, 46%. Its contrast ratio is 4.79:1 on white and 4.38:1 on black.

#427A8A Color Conversion

Hex triplet42, 7A, 8A
CMYK52.17%, 11.59%, 0.00%, 45.88%
RGB Decimal66, 122, 138
HSL193°, 35%, 40%
RGB Octal102, 172, 212
HSV (HSB)193.33°, 52.17%, 54.12%
RGB Binary1000010, 1111010, 10001010
CIE-L*AB48.15, -13.75, -14.40
RGB Percent25.88%, 47.84%, 54.12%
CIE-L*CH48.15, 19.91, 226.32
XYZ13.79, 16.91, 26.58
CIE-L*UV48.15, -24.37, -18.75
xyY0.24, 0.30, 16.91
Hunter-Lab41.12, -12.10, -9.54
RYB25.88%, 38.24%, 54.12%

Color Accessibility Scores

#427A8A on a dark background: contrast 4.38:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#427A8A on a light background: contrast 4.79:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #427A8A, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#427A8A · #6EA9B9 · #24434C · #8A5242 · #B97F6E

Analogous palette

#428A52 · #428A75 · #427A8A · #42578A · #52428A

Triadic palette

#427A8A · #8A427A · #7A8A42 · #6EA9B9 · #B96EA9

Tetradic palette

#427A8A · #75428A · #8A5242 · #578A42 · #24434C

Monochromatic palette

#111F22 · #294C56 · #427A8A · #64A3B4 · #98C2CD

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