#42829A#42829A

#42829A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.075 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42829A
RGB	rgb(66, 130, 154)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, -13.30, -19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 23.27, 235.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.0531 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.075 225)
XYZ	xyz(16.0599, 19.4551, 33.4745)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42829A #9A5A42

analogous

#429A86 #42829A #42569A

triadic

#42829A #9A4282 #829A42

tetradic

#42829A #86429A #9A5A42 #569A42

square

#42829A #86429A #9A5A42 #569A42

split-complementary

#42829A #9A4256 #9A8642

monochromatic

#1D3A44 #305E6F #42829A #5FA1BA #8ABACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#42829A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#42829A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42829A

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42829A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42829A	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68769A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42829a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 130, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.075 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea6b7',
    500: '#42829a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42829a;
$custom-light: #7ea6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42829a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57405,
    "c": 0.0751,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.19457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42829A

secondary

#B88F80

accent

#7958D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42829A

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

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