#42889D#42889D

#42889D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.077 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42889D
RGB	rgb(66, 136, 157)
HSL	hsl(194, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 13.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, -15.68, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 23.76, 228.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0589 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.077 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1343, 21.1993, 35.0807)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42889D #9D5742

analogous

#429D84 #42889D #425A9D

triadic

#42889D #9D4288 #889D42

tetradic

#42889D #84429D #9D5742 #5A9D42

square

#42889D #84429D #9D5742 #5A9D42

split-complementary

#42889D #9D425A #9D8442

monochromatic

#1E3D47 #306372 #42889D #60A7BC #8BBFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#42889D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#42889D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42889D

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42889D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42889D	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42889d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 136, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.077 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faaba',
    500: '#42889d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42889d;
$custom-light: #7faaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42889d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59001,
    "c": 0.07698,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42889D

secondary

#B98E82

accent

#7357D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42889D

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

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