HEX Color #42A8F8 (Cornflowerblue)

About #42A8F8

The precise color #42A8F8 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Designers often compare it to the standard color Cornflowerblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 66 red, 168 green, and 248 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 73% cyan and 32% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 206.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#42A8F8

RGB66, 168, 248

HSL206.4°, 92.9%, 61.6%

CMYK73%, 32%, 0%, 3%

HSV206.4°, 73.4%, 97.3%

LAB66.5, -3.4, -48.2

XYZ33.2, 35.9, 94.0

Decimal4368632

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#42A8F8 #F79242

Analogous

#42F7ED #424CF7

Triadic

#F742A7 #A7F742

Tetradic

#ED42F7 #F79242 #4CF742

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#42A8F8

#57B1F8

#6CBBF9

#81C5FA

#96CEFB

#ABD8FB

#C0E2FC

#D5EBFD

#EAF5FE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#42A8F8

#3A95DC

#3382C0

#2C70A5

#245D89

#1D4A6E

#163852

#0E2537

#07121B

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.56:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.19:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.45:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.96:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42A8F8; }

.text-color { color: #42A8F8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #42A8F8; }

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Cornflowerblue

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