#42BADB#42BADB

#42BADB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.114 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BADB
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -22.66, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 34.66, 229.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0875 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.114 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5866, 41.3868, 73.2751)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BADB #DB6342

analogous

#42DBAF #42BADB #426DDB

triadic

#42BADB #DB42BA #BADB42

tetradic

#42BADB #AF42DB #DB6342 #6DDB42

square

#42BADB #AF42DB #DB6342 #6DDB42

split-complementary

#42BADB #DB426D #DBAF42

monochromatic

#1A7189 #249BBC #42BADB #75CDE5 #A9E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42BADB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#42BADB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BADB

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BADB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BADB	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42badb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.114 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfe6',
    500: '#42badb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42badb;
$custom-light: #89cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42badb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.941,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73608,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BADB

secondary

#DCAA9D

accent

#623DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BADB

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

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