#42BCCC#42BCCC

#42BCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCCC
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -28.26, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 33.46, 212.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0955 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.108 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1244, 41.4808, 63.4813)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCCC #CC5242

analogous

#42CC97 #42BCCC #4277CC

triadic

#42BCCC #CC42BC #BCCC42

tetradic

#42BCCC #9742CC #CC5242 #77CC42

square

#42BCCC #9742CC #CC5242 #77CC42

split-complementary

#42BCCC #CC4277 #CC9742

monochromatic

#1F6A74 #2C97A4 #42BCCC #72CDD9 #A2DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42BCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#42BCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCCC

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCCC	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0db',
    500: '#42bccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bccc;
$custom-light: #88d0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73486,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCCC

secondary

#D39E97

accent

#5947E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCCC

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

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