#42ACCD#42ACCD

#42ACCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.107 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ACCD
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -19.84, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 32.43, 232.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0789 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.107 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0142, 35.0680, 63.0382)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ACCD #CD6342

analogous

#42CDA9 #42ACCD #4266CD

triadic

#42ACCD #CD42AC #ACCD42

tetradic

#42ACCD #A942CD #CD6342 #66CD42

square

#42ACCD #A942CD #CD6342 #66CD42

split-complementary

#42ACCD #CD4266 #CDA942

monochromatic

#1F6176 #2C89A6 #42ACCD #72C1DA #A3D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#42ACCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#42ACCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ACCD

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ACCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ACCD	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42accd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.107 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4dc',
    500: '#42accd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42accd;
$custom-light: #87c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42accd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.245,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69711,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ACCD

secondary

#D3A697

accent

#6B46E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ACCD

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

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