#42CBDF#42CBDF

#42CBDF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBDF
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 223)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -29.90, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 36.29, 214.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.1026 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.117 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9163, 49.1935, 77.3474)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBDF #DF5642

analogous

#42DFA4 #42CBDF #427DDF

triadic

#42CBDF #DF42CB #CBDF42

tetradic

#42CBDF #A442DF #DF5642 #7DDF42

square

#42CBDF #A442DF #DF5642 #7DDF42

split-complementary

#42CBDF #DF427D #DFA442

monochromatic

#187F8E #21AEC3 #42CBDF #76D9E8 #ABE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#42CBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBDF

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBDF	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbe9',
    500: '#42cbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbdf;
$custom-light: #8bdbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.643,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77779,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBDF

secondary

#DFA69E

accent

#513AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBDF

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

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