#42A2BE#42A2BE

#42A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.098 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2BE
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -19.33, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 29.83, 229.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0743 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.098 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4576, 30.7140, 53.3447)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2BE #BE5E42

analogous

#42BE9C #42A2BE #4264BE

triadic

#42A2BE #BE42A2 #A2BE42

tetradic

#42A2BE #9C42BE #BE5E42 #64BE42

square

#42A2BE #9C42BE #BE5E42 #64BE42

split-complementary

#42A2BE #BE4264 #BE9C42

monochromatic

#225563 #327B91 #42A2BE #70B8CE #9DCFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#42A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#42A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2BE

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2BE	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F91BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.098 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdd1',
    500: '#42a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2be;
$custom-light: #84bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66692,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2BE

secondary

#CA9F92

accent

#6E4FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2BE

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

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