#42ABCA#42ABCA

#42ABCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.105 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABCA
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 202)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -20.27, -24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 31.89, 230.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.079 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.105 221)
XYZ	xyz(27.4660, 34.5453, 61.0861)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABCA #CA6142

analogous

#42CAA5 #42ABCA #4267CA

triadic

#42ABCA #CA42AB #ABCA42

tetradic

#42ABCA #A542CA #CA6142 #67CA42

square

#42ABCA #A542CA #CA6142 #67CA42

split-complementary

#42ABCA #CA4267 #CAA542

monochromatic

#205F72 #2D87A2 #42ABCA #72C0D7 #A2D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#42ABCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#42ABCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABCA

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABCA	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.105 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4da',
    500: '#42abca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abca;
$custom-light: #86c4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.676,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69347,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.34548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABCA

secondary

#D1A496

accent

#6B48DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABCA

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

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