#42ADCA#42ADCA

#42ADCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.105 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ADCA
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 202)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -21.31, -23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 31.88, 228.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.081 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.105 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8466, 35.3066, 61.2129)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ADCA #CA5F42

analogous

#42CAA3 #42ADCA #4269CA

triadic

#42ADCA #CA42AD #ADCA42

tetradic

#42ADCA #A342CA #CA5F42 #69CA42

square

#42ADCA #A342CA #CA5F42 #69CA42

split-complementary

#42ADCA #CA4269 #CAA342

monochromatic

#206072 #2D89A2 #42ADCA #72C2D7 #A2D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#42ADCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#42ADCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ADCA

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ADCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ADCA	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42adca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.105 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c5da',
    500: '#42adca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42adca;
$custom-light: #86c5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42adca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.794,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69823,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ADCA

secondary

#D1A396

accent

#6948DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ADCA

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

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