#42779E#42779E

#42779E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.083 H 242.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42779E
RGB	rgb(66, 119, 158)
HSL	hsl(205, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, -5.72, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 26.95, 257.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.93% -0.0388 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(54.93% 0.083 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.0129, 16.8192, 34.7964)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42779E #9E6942

analogous

#429E97 #42779E #42499E

triadic

#42779E #9E4277 #779E42

tetradic

#42779E #97429E #9E6942 #499E42

square

#42779E #97429E #9E6942 #499E42

split-complementary

#42779E #9E4249 #9E9742

monochromatic

#1E3648 #305673 #42779E #6096BD #8CB2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#42779E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#42779E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42779E

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42779E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42779E	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6677A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42779e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 119, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.083 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e9eba',
    500: '#42779e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42779e;
$custom-light: #7e9eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42779e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.435,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5493,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42779E

secondary

#BA9A82

accent

#8B57D1

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0A0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42779E

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

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