#42A2C7#42A2C7

#42A2C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.104 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2C7
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 199)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, -16.47, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 31.82, 238.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.0709 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.104 227)
XYZ	xyz(25.4718, 31.1197, 58.6860)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2C7 #C76742

analogous

#42C7AA #42A2C7 #425FC7

triadic

#42A2C7 #C742A2 #A2C742

tetradic

#42A2C7 #AA42C7 #C76742 #5FC742

square

#42A2C7 #AA42C7 #C76742 #5FC742

split-complementary

#42A2C7 #C7425F #C7AA42

monochromatic

#21586E #2F7E9D #42A2C7 #71B9D5 #A0D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#42A2C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#42A2C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2C7

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2C7	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.104 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bdd8',
    500: '#42a2c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2c7;
$custom-light: #85bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6708,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.31122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2C7

secondary

#D0A595

accent

#734ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2C7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →