#42748E#42748E

#42748E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.068 H 232.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42748E
RGB	rgb(66, 116, 142)
HSL	hsl(201, 37%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, -9.11, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 21.39, 244.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% -0.0411 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.068 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3728, 15.6009, 27.8925)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42748E #8E5C42

analogous

#428E82 #42748E #424E8E

triadic

#42748E #8E4274 #748E42

tetradic

#42748E #82428E #8E5C42 #4E8E42

square

#42748E #82428E #8E5C42 #4E8E42

split-complementary

#42748E #8E424E #8E8242

monochromatic

#1B303A #2F5264 #42748E #5B94B3 #84B0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#42748E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#42748E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42748E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42748E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42748E	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67738F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#137B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42748e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 116, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.068 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9caf',
    500: '#42748e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42748e;
$custom-light: #7c9caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42748e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53452,
    "c": 0.06769,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42748E

secondary

#B18D7B

accent

#825BCD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42748E

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

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