#42758A
A medium, moderate blue closely aligning with Slategray.
About #42758A
At its core, #42758A is a medium and moderate hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Slategray. Its digital footprint relies on 66 parts red, 117 parts green, and 138 parts blue light.
If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 52% cyan and 15% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 197.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.
Color Space Conversions
HEX#42758A
RGB66, 117, 138
HSL197.5°, 35.3%, 40.0%
CMYK52%, 15%, 0%, 46%
HSV197.5°, 52.2%, 54.1%
LAB46.6, -10.9, -16.8
XYZ13.2, 15.7, 26.4
Decimal4355466
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
5.07:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
4.14:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
4.84:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
3.52:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #42758A;
}
.text-color {
color: #42758A;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #42758A;
}