#42869F#42869F

#42869F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.078 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42869F
RGB	rgb(66, 134, 159)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, -13.96, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 24.25, 234.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0558 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.078 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0274, 20.7100, 35.8943)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42869F #9F5B42

analogous

#429F8A #42869F #42589F

triadic

#42869F #9F4286 #869F42

tetradic

#42869F #8A429F #9F5B42 #589F42

square

#42869F #8A429F #9F5B42 #589F42

split-complementary

#42869F #9F4258 #9F8A42

monochromatic

#1E3D49 #306274 #42869F #61A4BD #8CBDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#42869F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#42869F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42869F

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42869F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42869F	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	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)

#7883A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42869f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 134, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.078 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa9bb',
    500: '#42869f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42869f;
$custom-light: #7fa9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42869f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.129,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58597,
    "c": 0.07846,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42869F

secondary

#BA9182

accent

#7857D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42869F

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

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