#42BEDC#42BEDC

#42BEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEDC
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -24.38, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 34.86, 225.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0911 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.115 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5731, 43.1486, 74.2554)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEDC #DC6042

analogous

#42DCAD #42BEDC #4271DC

triadic

#42BEDC #DC42BE #BEDC42

tetradic

#42BEDC #AD42DC #DC6042 #71DC42

square

#42BEDC #AD42DC #DC6042 #71DC42

split-complementary

#42BEDC #DC4271 #DCAD42

monochromatic

#1A748A #23A0BE #42BEDC #76D0E6 #A9E2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42BEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#42BEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEDC

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEDC	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1e7',
    500: '#42bedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bedc;
$custom-light: #8ad1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.688,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74591,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEDC

secondary

#DDA99D

accent

#5E3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEDC

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

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