#42A0B2#42A0B2

#42A0B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.091 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A0B2
RGB	rgb(66, 160, 178)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -21.99, -17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 28.15, 218.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.077 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.091 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8501, 29.5118, 46.6030)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A0B2 #B25442

analogous

#42B28C #42A0B2 #4268B2

triadic

#42A0B2 #B242A0 #A0B242

tetradic

#42A0B2 #8C42B2 #B25442 #68B242

square

#42A0B2 #8C42B2 #B25442 #68B242

split-complementary

#42A0B2 #B24268 #B28C42

monochromatic

#215059 #317885 #42A0B2 #6AB8C8 #96CED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#42A0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#42A0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A0B2

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A0B2	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 160, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.091 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcc9',
    500: '#42a0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a0b2;
$custom-light: #83bcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.643,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65718,
    "c": 0.09115,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A0B2

secondary

#C4958C

accent

#6752D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A0B2

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

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