#42849C#42849C

#42849C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.076 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42849C
RGB	rgb(66, 132, 156)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, -13.79, -19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 23.64, 234.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0547 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.076 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4965, 20.0595, 34.4486)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42849C #9C5A42

analogous

#429C87 #42849C #42579C

triadic

#42849C #9C4284 #849C42

tetradic

#42849C #87429C #9C5A42 #579C42

square

#42849C #87429C #9C5A42 #579C42

split-complementary

#42849C #9C4257 #9C8742

monochromatic

#1E3B46 #306071 #42849C #60A3BC #8BBCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#42849C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#42849C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42849C

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42849C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42849C	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	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)

#77819D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42849c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 132, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.076 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea7b9',
    500: '#42849c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42849c;
$custom-light: #7ea7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42849c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5798,
    "c": 0.07642,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42849C

secondary

#B99081

accent

#7857D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42849C

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

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