#42BBCF#42BBCF

#42BBCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BBCF
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 9.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -26.86, -19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 33.41, 216.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0932 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.108 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2748, 41.2004, 65.3236)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BBCF #CF5642

analogous

#42CF9D #42BBCF #4274CF

triadic

#42BBCF #CF42BB #BBCF42

tetradic

#42BBCF #9D42CF #CF5642 #74CF42

square

#42BBCF #9D42CF #CF5642 #74CF42

split-complementary

#42BBCF #CF4274 #CF9D42

monochromatic

#1F6B78 #2B97A9 #42BBCF #73CDDB #A4DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42BBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#42BBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BBCF

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BBCF	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 210.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.511,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73362,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BBCF

secondary

#D5A198

accent

#5B45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BBCF

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

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