#42BECB#42BECB

#42BECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.108 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BECB
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -29.54, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 33.85, 209.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0979 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.108 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4351, 42.2934, 62.9951)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BECB #CB4F42

analogous

#42CB93 #42BECB #427ACB

triadic

#42BECB #CB42BE #BECB42

tetradic

#42BECB #9342CB #CB4F42 #7ACB42

square

#42BECB #9342CB #CB4F42 #7ACB42

split-complementary

#42BECB #CB427A #CB9342

monochromatic

#206B73 #2D98A3 #42BECB #72CFD8 #A2DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42BECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#42BECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BECB

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BECB	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42becb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.108 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2da',
    500: '#42becb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42becb;
$custom-light: #88d2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42becb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.693,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73928,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BECB

secondary

#D29C97

accent

#5648E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BECB

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

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