#42BACF#42BACF

#42BACF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.108 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BACF
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -26.37, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 33.28, 217.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0922 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.108 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0634, 40.7775, 65.2531)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BACF #CF5742

analogous

#42CF9D #42BACF #4273CF

triadic

#42BACF #CF42BA #BACF42

tetradic

#42BACF #9D42CF #CF5742 #73CF42

square

#42BACF #9D42CF #CF5742 #73CF42

split-complementary

#42BACF #CF4273 #CF9D42

monochromatic

#1F6B78 #2B96A9 #42BACF #73CCDB #A4DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42BACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#42BACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BACF

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BACF	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bacf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.108 211.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bacf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.936,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73124,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BACF

secondary

#D5A198

accent

#5D45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BACF

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

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