#42BBCE#42BBCE

#42BBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BBCE
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -27.17, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 33.36, 215.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0936 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.108 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1529, 41.1516, 64.6818)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BBCE #CE5542

analogous

#42CE9B #42BBCE #4275CE

triadic

#42BBCE #CE42BB #BBCE42

tetradic

#42BBCE #9B42CE #CE5542 #75CE42

square

#42BBCE #9B42CE #CE5542 #75CE42

split-complementary

#42BBCE #CE4275 #CE9B42

monochromatic

#1F6B77 #2B97A7 #42BBCE #73CCDB #A3DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#42BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BBCE

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BBCE	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 209.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73324,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BBCE

secondary

#D4A098

accent

#5B46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BBCE

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

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