#42BCC2#42BCC2

#42BCC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.106 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCC2
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -31.20, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 33.78, 202.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0996 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.106 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9633, 41.0164, 57.3663)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCC2 #C24842

analogous

#42C288 #42BCC2 #427CC2

triadic

#42BCC2 #C242BC #BCC242

tetradic

#42BCC2 #8842C2 #C24842 #7CC242

square

#42BCC2 #8842C2 #C24842 #7CC242

split-complementary

#42BCC2 #C2427C #C28842

monochromatic

#226568 #319296 #42BCC2 #70CCD1 #9FDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#42BCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCC2

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCC2	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.106 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0d4',
    500: '#42bcc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcc2;
$custom-light: #87d0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.813,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73117,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCC2

secondary

#CC9694

accent

#544DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCC2

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

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