#42BBCD#42BBCD

#42BBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BBCD
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -27.47, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 33.32, 214.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.094 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.108 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0318, 41.1032, 64.0440)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BBCD #CD5442

analogous

#42CD99 #42BBCD #4275CD

triadic

#42BBCD #CD42BB #BBCD42

tetradic

#42BBCD #9942CD #CD5442 #75CD42

square

#42BBCD #9942CD #CD5442 #75CD42

split-complementary

#42BBCD #CD4275 #CD9942

monochromatic

#1F6A76 #2C96A6 #42BBCD #72CCDA #A3DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#42BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BBCD

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BBCD	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfdc',
    500: '#42bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bbcd;
$custom-light: #88cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.77,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73285,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BBCD

secondary

#D39F97

accent

#5A46E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BBCD

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

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