#42BAD2#42BAD2

#42BAD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.109 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BAD2
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 210)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -25.45, -21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 33.51, 220.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.091 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.109 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4336, 40.9256, 67.2031)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BAD2 #D25A42

analogous

#42D2A2 #42BAD2 #4272D2

triadic

#42BAD2 #D242BA #BAD242

tetradic

#42BAD2 #A242D2 #D25A42 #72D242

square

#42BAD2 #A242D2 #D25A42 #72D242

split-complementary

#42BAD2 #D24272 #D2A242

monochromatic

#1E6C7C #2997AD #42BAD2 #73CCDE #A5DEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42BAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#42BAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BAD2

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BAD2	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B4D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.109 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfdf',
    500: '#42bad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bad2;
$custom-light: #88cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73242,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BAD2

secondary

#D7A399

accent

#5E43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BAD2

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

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