#42BDDC#42BDDC

#42BDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDDC
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -23.88, -25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 34.83, 226.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0901 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.115 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3572, 42.7169, 74.1834)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDDC #DC6142

analogous

#42DCAE #42BDDC #4270DC

triadic

#42BDDC #DC42BD #BDDC42

tetradic

#42BDDC #AE42DC #DC6142 #70DC42

square

#42BDDC #AE42DC #DC6142 #70DC42

split-complementary

#42BDDC #DC4270 #DCAE42

monochromatic

#1A738A #239FBE #42BDDC #76CFE6 #A9E1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42BDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#42BDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDDC

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDDC	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1e7',
    500: '#42bddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bddc;
$custom-light: #8ad1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.078,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74356,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDDC

secondary

#DDAA9D

accent

#603CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDDC

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

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