#42AAD7#42AAD7

#42AAD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.115 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AAD7
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 215)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -15.58, -31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 35.13, 243.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0732 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.115 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8823, 34.8108, 69.4738)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AAD7 #D76F42

analogous

#42D7BA #42AAD7 #425FD7

triadic

#42AAD7 #D742AA #AAD742

tetradic

#42AAD7 #BA42D7 #D76F42 #5FD742

square

#42AAD7 #BA42D7 #D76F42 #5FD742

split-complementary

#42AAD7 #D7425F #D7BA42

monochromatic

#1C6483 #268AB5 #42AAD7 #75C1E2 #A7D7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#42AAD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#42AAD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AAD7

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AAD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AAD7	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.115 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c3e3',
    500: '#42aad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aad7;
$custom-light: #88c3e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.121,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69679,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AAD7

secondary

#DAAE9B

accent

#7340E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AAD7

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

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