#42BFE7#42BFE7

#42BFE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.121 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFE7
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 231)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -21.44, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 36.73, 234.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0879 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.121 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2954, 44.1853, 82.2542)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFE7 #E76A42

analogous

#42E7BC #42BFE7 #426DE7

triadic

#42BFE7 #E742BF #BFE742

tetradic

#42BFE7 #BC42E7 #E76A42 #6DE742

square

#42BFE7 #BC42E7 #E76A42 #6DE742

split-complementary

#42BFE7 #E7426D #E7BC42

monochromatic

#147A9B #1BA5D1 #42BFE7 #78D1EE #AFE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42BFE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#42BFE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFE7

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFE7	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.121 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2ee',
    500: '#42bfe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfe7;
$custom-light: #8bd2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75284,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFE7

secondary

#E3B1A2

accent

#6234F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFE7

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

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