#42BCD3#42BCD3

#42BCD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.110 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCD3
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -26.15, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 33.78, 219.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0926 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.11 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9829, 41.8242, 68.0027)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCD3 #D35942

analogous

#42D3A2 #42BCD3 #4274D3

triadic

#42BCD3 #D342BC #BCD342

tetradic

#42BCD3 #A242D3 #D35942 #74D342

square

#42BCD3 #A242D3 #D35942 #74D342

split-complementary

#42BCD3 #D34274 #D3A242

monochromatic

#1D6E7D #299AAF #42BCD3 #74CEDF #A5DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#42BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCD3

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCD3	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.110 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0e0',
    500: '#42bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcd3;
$custom-light: #89d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.517,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73757,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCD3

secondary

#D7A39A

accent

#5C42E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCD3

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

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