#42BECF#42BECF

#42BECF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.109 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BECF
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 207)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -28.35, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 33.86, 213.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0962 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.109 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9179, 42.4865, 65.5380)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BECF #CF5342

analogous

#42CF99 #42BECF #4277CF

triadic

#42BECF #CF42BE #BECF42

tetradic

#42BECF #9942CF #CF5342 #77CF42

square

#42BECF #9942CF #CF5342 #77CF42

split-complementary

#42BECF #CF4277 #CF9942

monochromatic

#1F6D78 #2B9AA9 #42BECF #73CFDB #A4E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42BECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#42BECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BECF

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BECF	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42becf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.109 208.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42becf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.234,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74079,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BECF

secondary

#D59F98

accent

#5845E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BECF

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

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