#42869B#42869B

#42869B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.076 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42869B
RGB	rgb(66, 134, 155)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, -15.20, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 23.37, 229.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% -0.0574 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.076 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6859, 20.5734, 34.0957)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42869B #9B5742

analogous

#429B83 #42869B #425A9B

triadic

#42869B #9B4286 #869B42

tetradic

#42869B #83429B #9B5742 #5A9B42

square

#42869B #83429B #9B5742 #5A9B42

split-complementary

#42869B #9B425A #9B8342

monochromatic

#1D3C45 #306170 #42869B #5FA5BB #8ABDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#42869B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#42869B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42869B

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42869B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42869B	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42869b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 134, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.076 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea9b8',
    500: '#42869b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42869b;
$custom-light: #7ea9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42869b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.157,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58427,
    "c": 0.07564,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42869B

secondary

#B88E81

accent

#7458D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42869B

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

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