#42ABDB#42ABDB

#42ABDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABDB
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -14.81, -32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 36.16, 245.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0728 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.118 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5908, 35.3952, 72.2765)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABDB #DB7242

analogous

#42DBBF #42ABDB #425EDB

triadic

#42ABDB #DB42AB #ABDB42

tetradic

#42ABDB #BF42DB #DB7242 #5EDB42

square

#42ABDB #BF42DB #DB7242 #5EDB42

split-complementary

#42ABDB #DB425E #DBBF42

monochromatic

#1A6689 #248CBC #42ABDB #75C2E5 #A9D9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#42ABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#42ABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABDB

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABDB	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4e6',
    500: '#42abdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abdb;
$custom-light: #88c4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70095,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABDB

secondary

#DCB19D

accent

#743DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABDB

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

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