#42829D#42829D

#42829D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.078 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42829D
RGB	rgb(66, 130, 157)
HSL	hsl(198, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 17.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, -12.36, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 24.08, 239.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% -0.052 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.078 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3129, 19.5563, 34.8068)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42829D #9D5D42

analogous

#429D8A #42829D #42549D

triadic

#42829D #9D4282 #829D42

tetradic

#42829D #8A429D #9D5D42 #549D42

square

#42829D #8A429D #9D5D42 #549D42

split-complementary

#42829D #9D4254 #9D8A42

monochromatic

#1E3B47 #305E72 #42829D #60A1BC #8BBACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#42829D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#42829D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42829D

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42829D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42829D	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74809E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67769D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42829d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 130, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.078 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea6ba',
    500: '#42829d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42829d;
$custom-light: #7ea6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42829d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.802,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57536,
    "c": 0.07752,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42829D

secondary

#B99282

accent

#7B57D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42829D

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

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