#42849F#42849F

#42849F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.079 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42849F
RGB	rgb(66, 132, 159)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 17%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, -12.85, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 24.42, 238.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% -0.0535 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.079 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7536, 20.1624, 35.8030)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42849F #9F5D42

analogous

#429F8C #42849F #42569F

triadic

#42849F #9F4284 #849F42

tetradic

#42849F #8C429F #9F5D42 #569F42

square

#42849F #8C429F #9F5D42 #569F42

split-complementary

#42849F #9F4256 #9F8C42

monochromatic

#1E3C49 #306074 #42849F #61A2BD #8CBCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#42849F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#42849F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42849F

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42849F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42849F	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#7682A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68789F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42849f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 132, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.079 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa7bb',
    500: '#42849f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42849f;
$custom-light: #7fa7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42849f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58111,
    "c": 0.07877,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42849F

secondary

#BA9382

accent

#7A57D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42849F

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

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