#42BACE#42BACE

#42BACE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.108 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BACE
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -26.67, -19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 33.23, 216.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0926 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.108 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9415, 40.7288, 64.6113)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BACE #CE5642

analogous

#42CE9C #42BACE #4274CE

triadic

#42BACE #CE42BA #BACE42

tetradic

#42BACE #9C42CE #CE5642 #74CE42

square

#42BACE #9C42CE #CE5642 #74CE42

split-complementary

#42BACE #CE4274 #CE9C42

monochromatic

#1F6A77 #2B96A7 #42BACE #73CCDB #A3DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42BACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#42BACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BACE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BACE	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.108 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfdd',
    500: '#42bace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bace;
$custom-light: #88cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73085,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BACE

secondary

#D4A098

accent

#5C46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BACE

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

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