#42BCCE#42BCCE

#42BCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCCE
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -27.66, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 33.51, 214.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0946 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.108 209)
XYZ	xyz(31.3658, 41.5774, 64.7527)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCCE #CE5442

analogous

#42CE9A #42BCCE #4276CE

triadic

#42BCCE #CE42BC #BCCE42

tetradic

#42BCCE #9A42CE #CE5442 #76CE42

square

#42BCCE #9A42CE #CE5442 #76CE42

split-complementary

#42BCCE #CE4276 #CE9A42

monochromatic

#1F6B77 #2B97A7 #42BCCE #73CDDB #A3DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#42BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCCE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCCE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0dd',
    500: '#42bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcce;
$custom-light: #88d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73563,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.41581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCCE

secondary

#D4A098

accent

#5A46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCCE

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

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