#42869E#42869E

#42869E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.078 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42869E
RGB	rgb(66, 134, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, -14.27, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 24.01, 233.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0562 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.078 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9410, 20.6755, 35.4391)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42869E #9E5A42

analogous

#429E88 #42869E #42589E

triadic

#42869E #9E4286 #869E42

tetradic

#42869E #88429E #9E5A42 #589E42

square

#42869E #88429E #9E5A42 #589E42

split-complementary

#42869E #9E4258 #9E8842

monochromatic

#1E3D48 #306173 #42869E #60A5BD #8CBDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#42869E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#42869E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42869E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42869E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42869E	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42869e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 134, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.078 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa9ba',
    500: '#42869e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42869e;
$custom-light: #7fa9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42869e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58554,
    "c": 0.07772,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42869E

secondary

#BA9182

accent

#7757D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42869E

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

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