#42BECE#42BECE

#42BECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.109 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BECE
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -28.65, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 33.84, 212.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0967 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.109 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7960, 42.4378, 64.8961)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BECE #CE5242

analogous

#42CE98 #42BECE #4278CE

triadic

#42BECE #CE42BE #BECE42

tetradic

#42BECE #9842CE #CE5242 #78CE42

square

#42BECE #9842CE #CE5242 #78CE42

split-complementary

#42BECE #CE4278 #CE9842

monochromatic

#1F6D77 #2B99A7 #42BECE #73CFDB #A3DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#42BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BECE

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BECE	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.109 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2dd',
    500: '#42bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bece;
$custom-light: #88d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74041,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BECE

secondary

#D49F98

accent

#5846E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BECE

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

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