#42769B#42769B

#42769B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.081 H 241.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42769B
RGB	rgb(66, 118, 155)
HSL	hsl(205, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, -6.11, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 25.98, 256.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% -0.0387 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.081 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6394, 16.4804, 33.4136)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42769B #9B6742

analogous

#429B93 #42769B #42499B

triadic

#42769B #9B4276 #769B42

tetradic

#42769B #93429B #9B6742 #499B42

square

#42769B #93429B #9B6742 #499B42

split-complementary

#42769B #9B4249 #9B9342

monochromatic

#1D3545 #305570 #42769B #5F95BB #8AB1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#42769B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#42769B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42769B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42769B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42769B	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66769D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42769b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 118, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.081 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9db8',
    500: '#42769b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42769b;
$custom-light: #7d9db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42769b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.944,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54544,
    "c": 0.08055,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42769B

secondary

#B89881

accent

#8A58D0

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42769B

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

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