#42BEE2#42BEE2

#42BEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEE2
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -22.51, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 35.80, 231.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0888 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.118 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3820, 43.4722, 78.5157)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEE2 #E26642

analogous

#42E2B6 #42BEE2 #426EE2

triadic

#42BEE2 #E242BE #BEE242

tetradic

#42BEE2 #B642E2 #E26642 #6EE242

square

#42BEE2 #B642E2 #E26642 #6EE242

split-complementary

#42BEE2 #E2426E #E2B642

monochromatic

#177793 #1FA2C8 #42BEE2 #77D0EA #ACE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#42BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEE2

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEE2	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1eb',
    500: '#42bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bee2;
$custom-light: #8bd1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74839,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEE2

secondary

#E0AE9F

accent

#6138F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEE2

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

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