#42A5F5 Color

#42A5F5 is rgb(66, 165, 245) in RGB and hsl(207, 90%, 61%) in HSL. The closest CSS named color is CornflowerBlue. Black text is most readable on this background.

#42A5F5

HEX#42A5F5

RGBrgb(66, 165, 245)

HSLhsl(207, 90%, 61%)

HSVhsv(207, 73%, 96%)

OKLCHoklch(70% 0.149 246.7)

CMYKcmyk(73%, 33%, 0%, 4%)

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG contrast ratios for text on a #42A5F5 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1.

TextWhite text2.65:1AA normal ✗AA large ✗AAA normal ✗

TextBlack text7.93:1AA normal ✓AA large ✓AAA normal ✓

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #42A5F5 based on color wheel relationships. Click any swatch for its full breakdown.

Base#42A5F5 Complementary#F59342 Analogous#42F5EC Analogous#424BF5 Triadic#F542A5 Triadic#A5F542

Tints & Shades

Lighter tints and darker shades of #42A5F5, useful for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#5AB0F6 #77BEF8 #90CAF9 #A8D5FA #C0E1FC #DDEFFD

Shades

#1B92F3 #0B7DDA #0967B3 #074E88 #053861 #03213A

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