#42BECD#42BECD

#42BECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.109 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BECD
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -28.94, -17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 33.83, 211.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0971 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.109 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6749, 42.3893, 64.2584)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BECD #CD5142

analogous

#42CD96 #42BECD #4278CD

triadic

#42BECD #CD42BE #BECD42

tetradic

#42BECD #9642CD #CD5142 #78CD42

square

#42BECD #9642CD #CD5142 #78CD42

split-complementary

#42BECD #CD4278 #CD9642

monochromatic

#1F6C76 #2C99A6 #42BECD #72CFDA #A3DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#42BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BECD

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BECD	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.109 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2dc',
    500: '#42becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42becd;
$custom-light: #88d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.475,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74003,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BECD

secondary

#D39E97

accent

#5746E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BECD

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

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