#42BBCA#42BBCA

#42BBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BBCA
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -28.37, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 33.27, 211.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0953 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.107 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6732, 40.9597, 62.1551)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BBCA #CA5142

analogous

#42CA95 #42BBCA #4277CA

triadic

#42BBCA #CA42BB #BBCA42

tetradic

#42BBCA #9542CA #CA5142 #77CA42

square

#42BBCA #9542CA #CA5142 #77CA42

split-complementary

#42BBCA #CA4277 #CA9542

monochromatic

#206972 #2D95A2 #42BBCA #72CCD7 #A2DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#42BBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BBCA

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BBCA	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfda',
    500: '#42bbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bbca;
$custom-light: #88cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.618,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73171,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BBCA

secondary

#D19D96

accent

#5948DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BBCA

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

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