#42A1CE#42A1CE

#42A1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.110 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A1CE
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 21.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -13.66, -31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 34.02, 246.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0674 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.11 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1278, 31.1014, 63.0067)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A1CE #CE6F42

analogous

#42CEB5 #42A1CE #425BCE

triadic

#42A1CE #CE42A1 #A1CE42

tetradic

#42A1CE #B542CE #CE6F42 #5BCE42

square

#42A1CE #B542CE #CE6F42 #5BCE42

split-complementary

#42A1CE #CE425B #CEB542

monochromatic

#1F5B77 #2B80A7 #42A1CE #73B9DB #A3D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#42A1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#42A1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A1CE

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A1CE	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.110 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bcdd',
    500: '#42a1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a1ce;
$custom-light: #86bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6716,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A1CE

secondary

#D4AB98

accent

#7846E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A1CE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →