#42BDCE#42BDCE

#42BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDCE
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -28.15, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 33.67, 213.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0956 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.109 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5802, 42.0061, 64.8242)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDCE #CE5342

analogous

#42CE99 #42BDCE #4277CE

triadic

#42BDCE #CE42BD #BDCE42

tetradic

#42BDCE #9942CE #CE5342 #77CE42

square

#42BDCE #9942CE #CE5342 #77CE42

split-complementary

#42BDCE #CE4277 #CE9942

monochromatic

#1F6C77 #2B98A7 #42BDCE #73CEDB #A3DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#42BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDCE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDCE	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1dd',
    500: '#42bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdce;
$custom-light: #88d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDCE

secondary

#D49F98

accent

#5946E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDCE

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

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