Color reference

#42528C color reference

Soft Mid-light Blue

This is a soft, mid-light blue under the deterministic OKLCH hue, lightness, and chroma ranges. Its closest standardized CSS named color is Dark Slate Blue (#483D8B), measured with straight-line OKLab distance.

Descriptive label
Soft Mid-light Blue
Recommended text
White · 7.45:1
Relative luminance
0.090863
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Formats UI preview Contrast 50–900 scale Harmonies Matches Related colors Color vision Exports

Copyable values

#42528C in common color formats

Values are calculated from the same opaque sRGB color. Display rounding does not alter the internal calculations.

Color conversions for #42528C
Format Value Action
HEX #42528C
RGB rgb(66 82 140)
HSL hsl(227 35.92% 40.39%)
HSV hsv(227 52.86% 54.9%)
HWB hwb(227 25.88% 45.1%)
XYZ D65 color(xyz-d65 0.09997 0.09086 0.260388)
LAB lab(35.6953% 7.1071 -34.7813)
LCH lch(35.6953% 35.5 281.5487)
OKLAB oklab(45.3602% 0.000882 -0.096917)
OKLCH oklch(45.3602% 0.096921 270.5212)

Real-world test

Try #42528C on interface components

Preview the source as a primary action, subtle status, form treatment, and card surface. Persistent state controls help touch and keyboard users inspect the same normal, hover, and active colors.

Normal state uses #42528C with white text at 7.45:1.

Action

Primary button

Use the controls above or point to and press the button to inspect its visual states.

Status

Subtle alert badge

A 12% source tint over white provides the background; readable text is selected separately.

Ready for review

Form

Border and focus ring

Source ring on white: 7.45:1 · meets the 3:1 non-text threshold where applicable.

Surface

Card component

The selected state becomes the card surface with its strongest black-or-white text pairing.

Design system Color decision ready Review states and surrounding surfaces before shipping.

Accessibility diagnostics

WCAG contrast for exact color pairs

Each result applies only to the named foreground, background, text size, and requirement. It is not a complete accessibility or component-conformance claim.

Source #42528C Exact pair assessment Results for source text on white appear below.

On white

7.45:1

  • Pass AA normal text · 4.5:1
  • Pass AAA normal text · 7:1
  • Pass AA large text · 3:1
  • Pass UI/non-text where applicable · 3:1
Source #42528C Exact pair assessment Results for source text on black appear below.

On black

2.82:1

  • Fail AA normal text · 4.5:1
  • Fail AAA normal text · 7:1
  • Fail AA large text · 3:1
  • Fail UI/non-text where applicable · 3:1

Use guidance

What this color may be suitable for

Pass in a tested context

Normal-sized text

#42528C reaches 7.13:1 on Hue Codex paper, meeting WCAG AA for normal text in that exact pairing.

Potential fit

Controls and interface graphics

Against Hue Codex paper, the color reaches 7.13:1. That meets the 3:1 color-contrast threshold where WCAG 1.4.11 applies, but states, shape, and non-color cues still need review.

Readable pairing available

Colored surface or button fill

White text provides the stronger black/white pairing on #42528C at 7.45:1. This validates only that text pair, not hover, focus, disabled, or adjacent-color states.

Distinctive accent

Palette role

Its OKLCH chroma of 0.0969 gives it enough visual presence for an accent or primary role when the tested foreground and neighboring colors pass.

Pair available

Color used as foreground

The stronger black/white background is white at 7.45:1. Always retest against the actual rendered background and text size.

Tested backgrounds

Foreground pairing comparison

#42528C foreground contrast on tested backgrounds
Pair Background Contrast ratio
White#FFFFFF 7.45:1
Hue Codex paper#FBFAF5 7.13:1
Soft neutral#F2EFE6 6.48:1
Black#000000 2.82:1
Hue Codex ink#10212B 2.21:1
Check #42528C on another background in Contrast Checker

Design-system starting point

A perceptual 50–900 reference scale

The source color is preserved at the nearest lightness step. Other swatches keep its OKLCH hue, moderate chroma toward the extremes, and reduce chroma only when needed to remain in sRGB.

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This is a Hue Codex reference scale, not a claim that the values match Tailwind, Material, or another framework’s named palette.

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Color relationships

Complementary, analogous, and triadic colors

Hue rotations use OKLCH while preserving lightness and requested chroma. When a rotated result falls outside sRGB, chroma is reduced deterministically and disclosed.

Complementary

Source #42528C
Complement Chroma fitted to sRGB

Analogous

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Analogous −30°
Analogous +30°

Triadic

Source #42528C
Triad +120°
Triad +240°

Applied pairing

A small interface check

The source anchors the main action while the complement marks a secondary status. Contrast is selected separately for each fill.

Project color Soft Mid-light Blue
Complement
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Distance matching

Closest standardized and framework colors

Matches use straight-line OKLab distance ×100. A smaller value means the coordinates are closer in this model; it is not a claim that two tokens are interchangeable in a design system.

CSS named color

Dark Slate Blue

#483D8B

OKLab distance ×100: 5.66

Tailwind v4 default

sky-800

oklch(44.3% 0.11 240.79)

OKLab distance ×100: 5.56 · sRGB preview #00598A

Print boundary

Pantone match not estimated

Reliable print matching needs licensed reference data plus a defined ink, paper, profile, and viewing condition.

Read the print methodology

Color-vision screening

Approximate color-vision-deficiency views

These encoded-sRGB matrix previews are screening approximations. They help reveal possible color-only distinctions but do not reproduce every person’s vision or establish accessibility conformance.

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Protanopia

Red-vision deficiency approximation

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Deuteranopia

Green-vision deficiency approximation

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Tritanopia

Blue-yellow deficiency approximation

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Achromatopsia

Monochromatic-vision approximation

Test #42528C with a complete palette in the CVD Simulator

Ready to use

Copy framework-ready color tokens

Exports preserve the source, readable foreground, and generated 50–900 scale. Tailwind v4 CSS-first and Tailwind v3 JavaScript-config formats are labeled separately.

CSS custom properties

Semantic aliases and the complete 50–900 scale.

:root {
  --color-primary: #42528C;
  --color-on-primary: #FFFFFF;
  --color-primary-oklch: oklch(45.3602% 0.096921 270.5212);
  --color-primary-50: #F1F5FF;
  --color-primary-100: #D2DDFF;
  --color-primary-200: #B3C3F2;
  --color-primary-300: #99A9DB;
  --color-primary-400: #7F90C4;
  --color-primary-500: #6777AE;
  --color-primary-600: #4F6099;
  --color-primary-700: #42528C;
  --color-primary-800: #273465;
  --color-primary-900: #161F4B;
}

Tailwind v4 CSS-first theme

Current @theme syntax for bg-brand, text-brand, and scale utilities.

@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-brand: #42528C;
  --color-brand-foreground: #FFFFFF;
  --color-brand-50: #F1F5FF;
  --color-brand-100: #D2DDFF;
  --color-brand-200: #B3C3F2;
  --color-brand-300: #99A9DB;
  --color-brand-400: #7F90C4;
  --color-brand-500: #6777AE;
  --color-brand-600: #4F6099;
  --color-brand-700: #42528C;
  --color-brand-800: #273465;
  --color-brand-900: #161F4B;
}

Tailwind v3 / legacy config

CommonJS theme.extend.colors for JavaScript-config projects.

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        brand: {
          '50': '#F1F5FF',
          '100': '#D2DDFF',
          '200': '#B3C3F2',
          '300': '#99A9DB',
          '400': '#7F90C4',
          '500': '#6777AE',
          '600': '#4F6099',
          '700': '#42528C',
          '800': '#273465',
          '900': '#161F4B',
          DEFAULT: '#42528C',
          foreground: '#FFFFFF',
        },
      },
    },
  },
};

Sass variables

Semantic source, foreground, OKLCH, and scale variables.

$color-primary: #42528C;
$color-on-primary: #FFFFFF;
$color-primary-oklch: oklch(45.3602% 0.096921 270.5212);
$color-primary-50: #F1F5FF;
$color-primary-100: #D2DDFF;
$color-primary-200: #B3C3F2;
$color-primary-300: #99A9DB;
$color-primary-400: #7F90C4;
$color-primary-500: #6777AE;
$color-primary-600: #4F6099;
$color-primary-700: #42528C;
$color-primary-800: #273465;
$color-primary-900: #161F4B;

Modern color-mix()

Static fallbacks followed by OKLab tint and shade declarations.

:root {
  --color-primary: #42528C;
  --color-primary-tint: #B3C3F2;
  --color-primary-tint: color-mix(in oklab, var(--color-primary) 72%, white);
  --color-primary-shade: #42528C;
  --color-primary-shade: color-mix(in oklab, var(--color-primary) 82%, black);
}

JSON design data

Source formats, readable text, and the generated scale.

{
    "name": "Soft Mid-light Blue",
    "hex": "#42528C",
    "rgb": "rgb(66 82 140)",
    "oklch": "oklch(45.3602% 0.096921 270.5212)",
    "recommendedText": "#FFFFFF",
    "scale": {
        "50": "#F1F5FF",
        "100": "#D2DDFF",
        "200": "#B3C3F2",
        "300": "#99A9DB",
        "400": "#7F90C4",
        "500": "#6777AE",
        "600": "#4F6099",
        "700": "#42528C",
        "800": "#273465",
        "900": "#161F4B"
    }
}

Continue the decision

Use #42528C in a complete workflow

Reference values are a starting point. Test the color in its real role, background, states, typography, and surrounding palette before shipping.

Adjust #42528C in Color PickerStart with this exact color and white as the working background for role and accessibility decisions. Build a palette from #42528C in Palette GeneratorUse this exact HEX as the seed for a deterministic, role-based palette. Check #42528C on white in Contrast CheckerStart with this color as the foreground and white as the background, then test the real pair.