#42BCBE#42BCBE

#42BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.106 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCBE
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -32.35, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 34.15, 198.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1014 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.106 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5201, 40.8391, 55.0322)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCBE #BE4442

analogous

#42BE82 #42BCBE #427EBE

triadic

#42BCBE #BE42BC #BCBE42

tetradic

#42BCBE #8242BE #BE4442 #7EBE42

square

#42BCBE #8242BE #BE4442 #7EBE42

split-complementary

#42BCBE #BE427E #BE8242

monochromatic

#226263 #328F91 #42BCBE #70CCCE #9DDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#42BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCBE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCBE	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)

#B0B3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.106 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0d1',
    500: '#42bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcbe;
$custom-light: #87d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.968,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72975,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCBE

secondary

#CA9392

accent

#524FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCBE

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

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