#42AEDB#42AEDB

#42AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEDB
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -16.41, -31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 35.64, 242.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0757 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.117 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1639, 36.5414, 72.4676)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEDB #DB6F42

analogous

#42DBBB #42AEDB #4261DB

triadic

#42AEDB #DB42AE #AEDB42

tetradic

#42AEDB #BB42DB #DB6F42 #61DB42

square

#42AEDB #BB42DB #DB6F42 #61DB42

split-complementary

#42AEDB #DB4261 #DBBB42

monochromatic

#1A6889 #248FBC #42AEDB #75C4E5 #A9DAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#42AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#42AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEDB

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEDB	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e6',
    500: '#42aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aedb;
$custom-light: #89c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70794,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEDB

secondary

#DCAF9D

accent

#703DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEDB

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

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