#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
RGBrgb(66, 186, 206)
HSLhsl(189, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(189, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.99, -26.67, -19.82)
CIE-LCHlch(69.99, 33.23, 216.61°)
OKLaboklab(73.08% -0.0926 -0.0551)
OKLCHoklch(73.08% 0.108 210.7)
XYZxyz(30.9415, 40.7288, 64.6113)
Luminance0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42BACE1.002.309.159.15
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1521.001.001.00
##0000009.1521.001.001.00

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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#42BACE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva