#42849B#42849B

#42849B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.076 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42849B
RGB	rgb(66, 132, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, -14.10, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 23.41, 232.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% -0.0551 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.076 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4121, 20.0258, 34.0045)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42849B #9B5942

analogous

#429B85 #42849B #42579B

triadic

#42849B #9B4284 #849B42

tetradic

#42849B #85429B #9B5942 #579B42

square

#42849B #85429B #9B5942 #579B42

split-complementary

#42849B #9B4257 #9B8542

monochromatic

#1D3B45 #305F70 #42849B #5FA3BB #8ABCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#42849B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#42849B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42849B

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42849B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42849B	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77819C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A779B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42849b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 132, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.076 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea7b8',
    500: '#42849b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42849b;
$custom-light: #7ea7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42849b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.506,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57937,
    "c": 0.07568,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42849B

secondary

#B88F81

accent

#7758D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42849B

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

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