Color

#42a7ff

#42a7ff
hex#42a7ff
rgbrgb(66, 167, 255)
hslhsl(208, 100%, 63%)
oklchoklch(0.71 0.159 248.5)
Closest name: Cerulean (#55aaee)Relative luminance 0.3602

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#ff9a42

#42fff9 · #4249ff

#ff42a7 · #a7ff42

Split-complementary

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#ff4249 · #fff942

#f942ff · #ff9a42 · #49ff42

Contrast

#42a7ff as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.56:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #0075db as the text (4.6:1)
  • AAA: use #0057a3 as the text (7.26:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #383838 (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #171717 (7:1)
Aaon black
8.2:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #42a7ff as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#42a7ff reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #42a7ff
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #42a7ff and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/42a7ff-9cadc4-df4e51-1f212d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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