Color

#42adfa

#42adfa
hex#42adfa
rgbrgb(66, 173, 250)
hslhsl(205, 95%, 62%)
oklchoklch(0.721 0.148 244)
Closest name: Cerulean (#55aaee)Relative luminance 0.3795

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#fa8f42

#42faeb · #4251fa

#fa42ad · #adfa42

Split-complementary

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#fa4251 · #faeb42

#eb42fa · #fa8f42 · #51fa42

Contrast

#42adfa as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.44:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #0579cc as the text (4.55:1)
  • AAA: use #045995 as the text (7.32:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3b3b3b (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1a1a1a (7.12:1)
Aaon black
8.59:1passpasspassPasses 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 #42adfa as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

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

mcpConnect your agent — build around #42adfa
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 #42adfa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/42adfa-9cafc4-df4e58-1f212d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md