#42AECA#42AECA

#42AECA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.105 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AECA
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -21.82, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 31.89, 226.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0821 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.105 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0391, 35.6915, 61.2771)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AECA #CA5E42

analogous

#42CAA2 #42AECA #426ACA

triadic

#42AECA #CA42AE #AECA42

tetradic

#42AECA #A242CA #CA5E42 #6ACA42

square

#42AECA #A242CA #CA5E42 #6ACA42

split-complementary

#42AECA #CA426A #CAA242

monochromatic

#206172 #2D8AA2 #42AECA #72C2D7 #A2D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#42AECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#42AECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AECA

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AECA	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aeca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.105 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6da',
    500: '#42aeca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aeca;
$custom-light: #86c6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aeca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70061,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AECA

secondary

#D1A396

accent

#6748DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AECA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →