#42899A#42899A

#42899A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.075 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42899A
RGB	rgb(66, 137, 154)
HSL	hsl(192, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 11%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -17.14, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 23.33, 222.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0613 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.075 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0229, 21.3811, 33.7954)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42899A #9A5342

analogous

#429A7F #42899A #425D9A

triadic

#42899A #9A4289 #899A42

tetradic

#42899A #7F429A #9A5342 #5D9A42

square

#42899A #7F429A #9A5342 #5D9A42

split-complementary

#42899A #9A425D #9A7F42

monochromatic

#1D3D44 #30636F #42899A #5FA9BA #8AC0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#42899A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#42899A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42899A

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42899A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42899A	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42899a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 137, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.075 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eabb7',
    500: '#42899a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42899a;
$custom-light: #7eabb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42899a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.591,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59122,
    "c": 0.07535,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42899A

secondary

#B88B80

accent

#6F58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42899A

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

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