#42AEDC#42AEDC

#42AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEDC
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -16.09, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 35.92, 243.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0754 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.117 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2959, 36.5942, 73.1630)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEDC #DC7042

analogous

#42DCBD #42AEDC #4261DC

triadic

#42AEDC #DC42AE #AEDC42

tetradic

#42AEDC #BD42DC #DC7042 #61DC42

square

#42AEDC #BD42DC #DC7042 #61DC42

split-complementary

#42AEDC #DC4261 #DCBD42

monochromatic

#1A688A #2390BE #42AEDC #76C4E6 #A9DAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#42AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#42AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEDC

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEDC	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6e7',
    500: '#42aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aedc;
$custom-light: #89c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.922,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70839,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEDC

secondary

#DDB09D

accent

#713CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEDC

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

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