#42ACDB#42ACDB

#42ACDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.117 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ACDB
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -15.35, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 35.98, 244.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0737 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.117 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7804, 35.7744, 72.3398)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ACDB #DB7142

analogous

#42DBBD #42ACDB #425FDB

triadic

#42ACDB #DB42AC #ACDB42

tetradic

#42ACDB #BD42DB #DB7142 #5FDB42

square

#42ACDB #BD42DB #DB7142 #5FDB42

split-complementary

#42ACDB #DB425F #DBBD42

monochromatic

#1A6789 #248DBC #42ACDB #75C3E5 #A9D9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#42ACDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#42ACDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ACDB

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ACDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ACDB	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42acdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.117 231.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42acdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.431,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70328,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ACDB

secondary

#DCB09D

accent

#723DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ACDB

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

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