#42A2BF#42A2BF

#42A2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.098 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2BF
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -19.01, -23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 30.02, 230.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.0739 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.098 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5673, 30.7579, 53.9222)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2BF #BF5F42

analogous

#42BF9D #42A2BF #4263BF

triadic

#42A2BF #BF42A2 #A2BF42

tetradic

#42A2BF #9D42BF #BF5F42 #63BF42

square

#42A2BF #9D42BF #BF5F42 #63BF42

split-complementary

#42A2BF #BF4263 #BF9D42

monochromatic

#225565 #327C92 #42A2BF #70B8CE #9DCFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#42A2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#42A2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2BF

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2BF	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F91BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.098 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bdd2',
    500: '#42a2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2bf;
$custom-light: #84bdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66734,
    "c": 0.0983,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2BF

secondary

#CA9F93

accent

#6F4FD9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2BF

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

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