#42BEDA#42BEDA

#42BEDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEDA
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 218)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -25.00, -23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 34.61, 223.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0919 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.114 216)
XYZ	xyz(33.3098, 43.0433, 72.8687)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEDA #DA5E42

analogous

#42DAAA #42BEDA #4272DA

triadic

#42BEDA #DA42BE #BEDA42

tetradic

#42BEDA #AA42DA #DA5E42 #72DA42

square

#42BEDA #AA42DA #DA5E42 #72DA42

split-complementary

#42BEDA #DA4272 #DAAA42

monochromatic

#1A7387 #249FBA #42BEDA #75D0E4 #A8E1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42BEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#42BEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEDA

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEDA	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42beda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1e5',
    500: '#42beda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42beda;
$custom-light: #8ad1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42beda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7451,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.43047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEDA

secondary

#DBA89C

accent

#5D3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEDA

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

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