#42BFCD#42BFCD

#42BFCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.109 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFCD
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -29.43, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 34.02, 210.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0981 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.109 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8923, 42.8240, 64.3308)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFCD #CD5042

analogous

#42CD95 #42BFCD #4279CD

triadic

#42BFCD #CD42BF #BFCD42

tetradic

#42BFCD #9542CD #CD5042 #79CD42

square

#42BFCD #9542CD #CD5042 #79CD42

split-complementary

#42BFCD #CD4279 #CD9542

monochromatic

#1F6D76 #2C9AA6 #42BFCD #72CFDA #A3E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42BFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#42BFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFCD

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFCD	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.109 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2dc',
    500: '#42bfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfcd;
$custom-light: #88d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.043,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74243,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFCD

secondary

#D39D97

accent

#5646E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFCD

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

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