#42DBFF#42DBFF

#42DBFF is a very light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.133 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBFF
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 255)
HSL	hsl(191, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -27.96, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 40.23, 225.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.1054 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.133 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6206, 59.0358, 103.5790)
Luminance	0.5904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBFF #FF6642

analogous

#42FFC5 #42DBFF #427CFF

triadic

#42DBFF #FF42DB #DBFF42

tetradic

#42DBFF #C542FF #FF6642 #7CFF42

square

#42DBFF #C542FF #FF6642 #7CFF42

split-complementary

#42DBFF #FF427C #FFC542

monochromatic

#00A1C7 #05CFFF #42DBFF #7FE7FF #BCF2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#42DBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#42DBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBFF

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBFF	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC2FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.133 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e6ff',
    500: '#42dbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbff;
$custom-light: #90e6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82768,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBFF

secondary

#C34122

accent

#2C00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1618

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBFF

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

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