#42BDCC#42BDCC

#42BDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDCC
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -28.75, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 33.64, 211.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0965 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.108 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3388, 41.9095, 63.5527)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDCC #CC5142

analogous

#42CC96 #42BDCC #4278CC

triadic

#42BDCC #CC42BD #BDCC42

tetradic

#42BDCC #9642CC #CC5142 #78CC42

square

#42BDCC #9642CC #CC5142 #78CC42

split-complementary

#42BDCC #CC4278 #CC9642

monochromatic

#1F6B74 #2C97A4 #42BDCC #72CED9 #A2DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#42BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDCC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDCC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1db',
    500: '#42bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdcc;
$custom-light: #88d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73726,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDCC

secondary

#D39E97

accent

#5847E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDCC

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

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