#42BBC8#42BBC8

#42BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.106 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BBC8
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -28.96, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 33.27, 209.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0961 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.106 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4379, 40.8656, 60.9161)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BBC8 #C84F42

analogous

#42C892 #42BBC8 #4278C8

triadic

#42BBC8 #C842BB #BBC842

tetradic

#42BBC8 #9242C8 #C84F42 #78C842

square

#42BBC8 #9242C8 #C84F42 #78C842

split-complementary

#42BBC8 #C84278 #C89242

monochromatic

#20686F #2E949F #42BBC8 #71CCD6 #A1DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#42BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BBC8

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BBC8	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.106 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0d8',
    500: '#42bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bbc8;
$custom-light: #87d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.821,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73096,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BBC8

secondary

#D09B96

accent

#584ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BBC8

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

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