#42849E#42849E

#42849E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.078 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42849E
RGB	rgb(66, 132, 158)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, -13.16, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 24.15, 236.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0539 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.078 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6672, 20.1278, 35.3478)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42849E #9E5C42

analogous

#429E8A #42849E #42569E

triadic

#42849E #9E4284 #849E42

tetradic

#42849E #8A429E #9E5C42 #569E42

square

#42849E #8A429E #9E5C42 #569E42

split-complementary

#42849E #9E4256 #9E8A42

monochromatic

#1E3C48 #306073 #42849E #60A3BD #8CBCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#42849E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#42849E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42849E

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42849E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42849E	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76829F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42849e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 132, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.078 226.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42849e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58067,
    "c": 0.07796,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42849E

secondary

#BA9282

accent

#7957D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42849E

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

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