#42ADBE#42ADBE

#42ADBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.099 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ADBE
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -25.00, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 30.63, 215.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0858 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.099 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4807, 34.7602, 54.0190)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ADBE #BE5342

analogous

#42BE91 #42ADBE #426FBE

triadic

#42ADBE #BE42AD #ADBE42

tetradic

#42ADBE #9142BE #BE5342 #6FBE42

square

#42ADBE #9142BE #BE5342 #6FBE42

split-complementary

#42ADBE #BE426F #BE9142

monochromatic

#225A63 #328491 #42ADBE #70C1CE #9DD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#42ADBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#42ADBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ADBE

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ADBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ADBE	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42adbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.099 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5d1',
    500: '#42adbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42adbe;
$custom-light: #85c5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42adbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.226,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6934,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ADBE

secondary

#CA9A92

accent

#624FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ADBE

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

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