#42B6CD#42B6CD

#42B6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B6CD
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -24.97, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 32.71, 220.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.089 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.107 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9895, 39.0186, 63.6966)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B6CD #CD5942

analogous

#42CD9E #42B6CD #4270CD

triadic

#42B6CD #CD42B6 #B6CD42

tetradic

#42B6CD #9E42CD #CD5942 #70CD42

square

#42B6CD #9E42CD #CD5942 #70CD42

split-complementary

#42B6CD #CD4270 #CD9E42

monochromatic

#1F6776 #2C92A6 #42B6CD #72C9DA #A3DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42B6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#42B6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B6CD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B6CD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccdc',
    500: '#42b6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b6cd;
$custom-light: #87ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.928,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7209,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B6CD

secondary

#D3A197

accent

#6046E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B6CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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