#42849A#42849A

#42849A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.075 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42849A
RGB	rgb(66, 132, 154)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, -14.41, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 23.18, 231.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% -0.0555 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.075 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3285, 19.9924, 33.5640)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42849A #9A5842

analogous

#429A84 #42849A #42589A

triadic

#42849A #9A4284 #849A42

tetradic

#42849A #84429A #9A5842 #589A42

square

#42849A #84429A #9A5842 #589A42

split-complementary

#42849A #9A4258 #9A8442

monochromatic

#1D3B44 #305F6F #42849A #5FA3BA #8ABCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#42849A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#42849A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42849A

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42849A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42849A	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77819B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A779A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42849a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 132, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.075 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea7b7',
    500: '#42849a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42849a;
$custom-light: #7ea7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42849a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57894,
    "c": 0.07497,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42849A

secondary

#B88E80

accent

#7658D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42849A

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

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