#42BEC8#42BEC8

#42BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEC8
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -30.42, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 33.93, 206.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0991 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.108 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0810, 42.1518, 61.1304)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEC8 #C84C42

analogous

#42C88F #42BEC8 #427BC8

triadic

#42BEC8 #C842BE #BEC842

tetradic

#42BEC8 #8F42C8 #C84C42 #7BC842

square

#42BEC8 #8F42C8 #C84C42 #7BC842

split-complementary

#42BEC8 #C8427B #C88F42

monochromatic

#20696F #2E969F #42BEC8 #71CED6 #A1DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#42BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEC8

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEC8	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2d8',
    500: '#42bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bec8;
$custom-light: #88d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.478,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73818,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEC8

secondary

#D09A96

accent

#554ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEC8

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

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