#42CBCE#42CBCE

#42CBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBCE
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -34.87, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 36.95, 199.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.1097 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.115 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7383, 48.3224, 65.8769)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBCE #CE4542

analogous

#42CE8B #42CBCE #4285CE

triadic

#42CBCE #CE42CB #CBCE42

tetradic

#42CBCE #8B42CE #CE4542 #85CE42

square

#42CBCE #8B42CE #CE4542 #85CE42

split-complementary

#42CBCE #CE4285 #CE8B42

monochromatic

#1F7577 #2BA5A7 #42CBCE #73D8DB #A3E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#42CBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBCE

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBCE	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbdc',
    500: '#42cbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbce;
$custom-light: #8adbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77159,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBCE

secondary

#D49998

accent

#4946E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBCE

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

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