#42BADA#42BADA

#42BADA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.114 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BADA
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 218)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -22.98, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 34.50, 228.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0879 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.114 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4553, 41.3343, 72.5839)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BADA #DA6242

analogous

#42DAAE #42BADA #426EDA

triadic

#42BADA #DA42BA #BADA42

tetradic

#42BADA #AE42DA #DA6242 #6EDA42

square

#42BADA #AE42DA #DA6242 #6EDA42

split-complementary

#42BADA #DA426E #DAAE42

monochromatic

#1A7087 #249BBA #42BADA #75CDE4 #A8DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42BADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#42BADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BADA

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BADA	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.114 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfe5',
    500: '#42bada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bada;
$custom-light: #89cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73566,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BADA

secondary

#DBAA9C

accent

#623EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BADA

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

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