#42BCD2#42BCD2

#42BCD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCD2
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -26.45, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 33.71, 218.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.093 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.11 212)
XYZ	xyz(31.8579, 41.7742, 67.3445)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCD2 #D25842

analogous

#42D2A0 #42BCD2 #4274D2

triadic

#42BCD2 #D242BC #BCD242

tetradic

#42BCD2 #A042D2 #D25842 #74D242

square

#42BCD2 #A042D2 #D25842 #74D242

split-complementary

#42BCD2 #D24274 #D2A042

monochromatic

#1E6E7C #2999AD #42BCD2 #73CEDE #A5DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#42BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCD2

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCD2	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0df',
    500: '#42bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcd2;
$custom-light: #89d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73718,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.41778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCD2

secondary

#D7A399

accent

#5C43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCD2

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

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