#42A2BC#42A2BC

#42A2BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.096 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2BC
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -19.95, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 29.49, 227.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0751 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.096 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2405, 30.6272, 52.2013)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2BC #BC5C42

analogous

#42BC99 #42A2BC #4265BC

triadic

#42A2BC #BC42A2 #A2BC42

tetradic

#42A2BC #9942BC #BC5C42 #65BC42

square

#42A2BC #9942BC #BC5C42 #65BC42

split-complementary

#42A2BC #BC4265 #BC9942

monochromatic

#225461 #327B8F #42A2BC #6FB8CC #9CCFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#42A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#42A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2BC

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2BC	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.096 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdd0',
    500: '#42a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2bc;
$custom-light: #84bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.787,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66608,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2BC

secondary

#C99D91

accent

#6D50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2BC

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

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