#42A2CE#42A2CE

#42A2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.110 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2CE
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -14.20, -30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 33.83, 245.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0684 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.11 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3033, 31.4523, 63.0652)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2CE #CE6E42

analogous

#42CEB4 #42A2CE #425CCE

triadic

#42A2CE #CE42A2 #A2CE42

tetradic

#42A2CE #B442CE #CE6E42 #5CCE42

square

#42A2CE #B442CE #CE6E42 #5CCE42

split-complementary

#42A2CE #CE425C #CEB442

monochromatic

#1F5B77 #2B80A7 #42A2CE #73BADB #A3D2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#42A2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#42A2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2CE

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2CE	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.110 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bddd',
    500: '#42a2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2ce;
$custom-light: #86bddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67395,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2CE

secondary

#D4AB98

accent

#7746E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2CE

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

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