#42BEDB#42BEDB

#42BEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.114 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEDB
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -24.69, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 34.73, 224.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0915 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.114 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4411, 43.0958, 73.5600)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEDB #DB5F42

analogous

#42DBAC #42BEDB #4271DB

triadic

#42BEDB #DB42BE #BEDB42

tetradic

#42BEDB #AC42DB #DB5F42 #71DB42

square

#42BEDB #AC42DB #DB5F42 #71DB42

split-complementary

#42BEDB #DB4271 #DBAC42

monochromatic

#1A7489 #249FBC #42BEDB #75D0E5 #A9E1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42BEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#42BEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEDB

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEDB	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.114 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1e6',
    500: '#42bedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bedb;
$custom-light: #8ad1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.373,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74551,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEDB

secondary

#DCA99D

accent

#5E3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEDB

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

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