#42A2BA#42A2BA

#42A2BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.095 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2BA
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 186)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -20.57, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 29.19, 225.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0759 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.095 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0264, 30.5415, 51.0737)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2BA #BA5A42

analogous

#42BA96 #42A2BA #4266BA

triadic

#42A2BA #BA42A2 #A2BA42

tetradic

#42A2BA #9642BA #BA5A42 #66BA42

square

#42A2BA #9642BA #BA5A42 #66BA42

split-complementary

#42A2BA #BA4266 #BA9642

monochromatic

#225360 #327B8D #42A2BA #6EB9CB #9BCFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#42A2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#42A2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2BA

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2BA	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.095 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdce',
    500: '#42a2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2ba;
$custom-light: #84bdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66526,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2BA

secondary

#C89B90

accent

#6C51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2BA

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

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