#42698D#42698D

#42698D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.073 H 247.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42698D
RGB	rgb(66, 105, 141)
HSL	hsl(209, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(209, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 25.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.04, -2.92, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.04, 24.19, 263.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% -0.0278 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.073 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1044, 13.1835, 27.1010)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42698D #8D6642

analogous

#428D8B #42698D #42438D

triadic

#42698D #8D4269 #698D42

tetradic

#42698D #8B428D #8D6642 #438D42

square

#42698D #8B428D #8D6642 #438D42

split-complementary

#42698D #8D4243 #8D8B42

monochromatic

#1B2B3A #2E4A63 #42698D #5A88B2 #84A6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#42698D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#42698D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42698D

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42698D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42698D	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50628C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#197175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42698d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 105, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.073 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b93ae',
    500: '#42698d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42698d;
$custom-light: #7b93ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42698d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50742,
    "c": 0.07268,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42698D

secondary

#B0947B

accent

#925CCC

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42698D

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

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