#42A2D0#42A2D0

#42A2D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.112 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2D0
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 208)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 22.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -13.55, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 34.46, 246.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0677 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.112 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5478, 31.5501, 64.3529)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2D0 #D07042

analogous

#42D0B7 #42A2D0 #425BD0

triadic

#42A2D0 #D042A2 #A2D042

tetradic

#42A2D0 #B742D0 #D07042 #5BD042

square

#42A2D0 #B742D0 #D07042 #5BD042

split-complementary

#42A2D0 #D0425B #D0B742

monochromatic

#1E5C79 #2A81AA #42A2D0 #73BADC #A4D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#42A2D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#42A2D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2D0

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2D0	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7892CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.112 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bdde',
    500: '#42a2d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2d0;
$custom-light: #86bdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.437,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67487,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2D0

secondary

#D5AC99

accent

#7844E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2D0

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

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