#42A2BD#42A2BD

#42A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.097 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2BD
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -19.64, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 29.66, 228.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0747 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.097 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3487, 30.6704, 52.7710)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2BD #BD5D42

analogous

#42BD9B #42A2BD #4264BD

triadic

#42A2BD #BD42A2 #A2BD42

tetradic

#42A2BD #9B42BD #BD5D42 #64BD42

square

#42A2BD #9B42BD #BD5D42 #64BD42

split-complementary

#42A2BD #BD4264 #BD9B42

monochromatic

#225462 #327B90 #42A2BD #6FB8CD #9DCFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#42A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#42A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2BD

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2BD	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	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)

#919EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.097 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdd1',
    500: '#42a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2bd;
$custom-light: #84bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6665,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2BD

secondary

#C99E92

accent

#6E50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2BD

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

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