#42BFCA#42BFCA

#42BFCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.108 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFCA
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -30.32, -15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 34.09, 207.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0993 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.108 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5336, 42.6806, 62.4419)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFCA #CA4D42

analogous

#42CA91 #42BFCA #427BCA

triadic

#42BFCA #CA42BF #BFCA42

tetradic

#42BFCA #9142CA #CA4D42 #7BCA42

square

#42BFCA #9142CA #CA4D42 #7BCA42

split-complementary

#42BFCA #CA427B #CA9142

monochromatic

#206B72 #2D98A2 #42BFCA #72CFD7 #A2DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42BFCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#42BFCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFCA

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFCA	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.108 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2da',
    500: '#42bfca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfca;
$custom-light: #88d2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFCA

secondary

#D19B96

accent

#5548DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFCA

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

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