#42849D#42849D

#42849D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.077 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42849D
RGB	rgb(66, 132, 157)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 15.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, -13.48, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 23.89, 235.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% -0.0543 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.077 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5815, 20.0936, 34.8964)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42849D #9D5B42

analogous

#429D88 #42849D #42569D

triadic

#42849D #9D4284 #849D42

tetradic

#42849D #88429D #9D5B42 #569D42

square

#42849D #88429D #9D5B42 #569D42

split-complementary

#42849D #9D4256 #9D8842

monochromatic

#1E3C47 #306072 #42849D #60A3BC #8BBCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#42849D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#42849D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42849D

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42849D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42849D	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76819E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42849d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 132, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.077 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea7ba',
    500: '#42849d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42849d;
$custom-light: #7ea7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42849d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.484,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58023,
    "c": 0.07717,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42849D

secondary

#B99182

accent

#7957D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42849D

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

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