#42A9BD#42A9BD

#42A9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.098 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A9BD
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -23.27, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 30.05, 219.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0821 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.098 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6162, 33.2055, 53.1935)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A9BD #BD5642

analogous

#42BD93 #42A9BD #426CBD

triadic

#42A9BD #BD42A9 #A9BD42

tetradic

#42A9BD #9342BD #BD5642 #6CBD42

square

#42A9BD #9342BD #BD5642 #6CBD42

split-complementary

#42A9BD #BD426C #BD9342

monochromatic

#225862 #328090 #42A9BD #6FBECD #9DD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#42A9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#42A9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A9BD

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A9BD	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.098 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c2d0',
    500: '#42a9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a9bd;
$custom-light: #85c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.756,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68335,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A9BD

secondary

#C99B92

accent

#6650D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A9BD

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

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