#42BCCF#42BCCF

#42BCCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.109 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCCF
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -27.36, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 33.55, 215.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0942 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.109 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4877, 41.6261, 65.3945)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCCF #CF5542

analogous

#42CF9B #42BCCF #4275CF

triadic

#42BCCF #CF42BC #BCCF42

tetradic

#42BCCF #9B42CF #CF5542 #75CF42

square

#42BCCF #9B42CF #CF5542 #75CF42

split-complementary

#42BCCF #CF4275 #CF9B42

monochromatic

#1F6C78 #2B98A9 #42BCCF #73CDDB #A4DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42BCCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#42BCCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCCF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCCF	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.109 209.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.085,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73601,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCCF

secondary

#D5A098

accent

#5A45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCCF

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

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