#42A2C4#42A2C4

#42A2C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.102 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2C4
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -17.43, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 31.08, 235.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.072 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.102 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1269, 30.9817, 56.8697)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2C4 #C46442

analogous

#42C4A5 #42A2C4 #4261C4

triadic

#42A2C4 #C442A2 #A2C442

tetradic

#42A2C4 #A542C4 #C46442 #61C442

square

#42A2C4 #A542C4 #C46442 #61C442

split-complementary

#42A2C4 #C44261 #C4A542

monochromatic

#21576A #307E99 #42A2C4 #71B9D3 #9FD0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#42A2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#42A2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2C4

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2C4	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D91C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.102 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bdd6',
    500: '#42a2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2c4;
$custom-light: #85bdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66949,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2C4

secondary

#CEA394

accent

#724CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2C4

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

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