All About Color #42A4FF

#42A4FF

About #42A4FF

#42A4FF is a light blue color with the hex code #42A4FF. In RGB it is red 66, green 164, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 209°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 74%, 36%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 2.63:1 on white and 7.99:1 on black.

#42A4FF Color Conversion

Hex triplet42, A4, FF
CMYK74.12%, 35.69%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal66, 164, 255
HSL209°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal102, 244, 377
HSV (HSB)208.89°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary1000010, 10100100, 11111111
CIE-L*AB65.69, 1.31, -53.28
RGB Percent25.88%, 64.31%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH65.69, 53.30, 271.41
XYZ33.57, 34.93, 99.58
CIE-L*UV65.69, -35.01, -86.41
xyY0.20, 0.21, 34.93
Hunter-Lab59.10, -2.03, -58.53
RYB25.88%, 51.19%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#42A4FF on a dark background: contrast 7.99:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#42A4FF on a light background: contrast 2.63:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #42A4FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #42A4FF. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#42A4FF · #9ED0FF · #0077E6 · #FF9E42 · #FFCD9E

Analogous palette

#42FF9E · #42FFFC · #42A4FF · #4245FF · #9E42FF

Triadic palette

#42A4FF · #FF42A4 · #A4FF42 · #9ED0FF · #FF9ED0

Tetradic palette

#42A4FF · #FC42FF · #FF9E42 · #45FF42 · #0077E6

Monochromatic palette

#0057A8 · #007EF5 · #42A4FF · #8FC9FF · #DBEEFF

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