#42BECC#42BECC

#42BECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BECC
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -29.24, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 33.84, 210.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0975 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.108 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5546, 42.3412, 63.6247)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BECC #CC5042

analogous

#42CC95 #42BECC #4279CC

triadic

#42BECC #CC42BE #BECC42

tetradic

#42BECC #9542CC #CC5042 #79CC42

square

#42BECC #9542CC #CC5042 #79CC42

split-complementary

#42BECC #CC4279 #CC9542

monochromatic

#1F6C74 #2C98A4 #42BECC #72CFD9 #A2DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42BECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#42BECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BECC

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BECC	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42becc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2db',
    500: '#42becc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42becc;
$custom-light: #88d2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42becc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73966,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BECC

secondary

#D39D97

accent

#5747E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BECC

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

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