Color

#42c3fa

#42c3fa
hex#42c3fa
rgbrgb(66, 195, 250)
hslhsl(198, 95%, 62%)
oklchoklch(0.77 0.135 230.9)
Closest name: deepskyblue (#00bfff)Relative luminance 0.4709

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#fa7942

#42fad5 · #4267fa

#fa42c3 · #c3fa42

Split-complementary

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#fa4267 · #fad542

#d542fa · #fa7942 · #67fa42

Contrast

#42c3fa as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.02:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #047bae as the text (4.72:1)
  • AAA: use #035f86 as the text (7.04:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #474747 (4.61:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #2b2b2b (7.02:1)
Aaon black
10.42:1passpasspassPasses 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 #42c3fa as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#42c3fa reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #42c3fa
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 #42c3fa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/42c3fa-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md