#42BED7#42BED7

#42BED7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.112 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BED7
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 215)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -25.92, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 34.30, 220.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.093 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.112 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9208, 42.8877, 70.8199)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BED7 #D75B42

analogous

#42D7A5 #42BED7 #4273D7

triadic

#42BED7 #D742BE #BED742

tetradic

#42BED7 #A542D7 #D75B42 #73D742

square

#42BED7 #A542D7 #D75B42 #73D742

split-complementary

#42BED7 #D74273 #D7A542

monochromatic

#1C7283 #269DB5 #42BED7 #75CFE2 #A7E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42BED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#42BED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BED7

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BED7	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.112 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2e3',
    500: '#42bed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bed7;
$custom-light: #89d2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.067,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7439,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BED7

secondary

#DAA69B

accent

#5C40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BED7

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

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