#42A2D2#42A2D2

#42A2D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.114 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2D2
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 210)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 22.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -12.89, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 35.12, 248.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.067 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.114 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7954, 31.6491, 65.6570)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2D2 #D27242

analogous

#42D2BA #42A2D2 #425AD2

triadic

#42A2D2 #D242A2 #A2D242

tetradic

#42A2D2 #BA42D2 #D27242 #5AD242

square

#42A2D2 #BA42D2 #D27242 #5AD242

split-complementary

#42A2D2 #D2425A #D2BA42

monochromatic

#1E5D7C #2981AD #42A2D2 #73BADE #A5D3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#42A2D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#42A2D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2D2

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2D2	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7792D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.114 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bde0',
    500: '#42a2d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2d2;
$custom-light: #87bde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6758,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2D2

secondary

#D7AE99

accent

#7943E5

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2D2

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

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