#42A2CD#42A2CD

#42A2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.109 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2CD
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -14.53, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 33.52, 244.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0687 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.109 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1822, 31.4038, 62.4275)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2CD #CD6D42

analogous

#42CDB2 #42A2CD #425CCD

triadic

#42A2CD #CD42A2 #A2CD42

tetradic

#42A2CD #B242CD #CD6D42 #5CCD42

square

#42A2CD #B242CD #CD6D42 #5CCD42

split-complementary

#42A2CD #CD425C #CDB242

monochromatic

#1F5B76 #2C80A6 #42A2CD #72BADA #A3D2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#42A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#42A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2CD

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2CD	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.109 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bddc',
    500: '#42a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2cd;
$custom-light: #86bddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.561,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67349,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2CD

secondary

#D3AA97

accent

#7646E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2CD

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

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