#42B0C3#42B0C3

#42B0C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.101 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B0C3
RGB	rgb(66, 176, 195)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 9.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -25.00, -18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 31.31, 217.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0869 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.101 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6183, 36.1460, 57.1405)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B0C3 #C35542

analogous

#42C395 #42B0C3 #426FC3

triadic

#42B0C3 #C342B0 #B0C342

tetradic

#42B0C3 #9542C3 #C35542 #6FC342

square

#42B0C3 #9542C3 #C35542 #6FC342

split-complementary

#42B0C3 #C3426F #C39542

monochromatic

#215F69 #308898 #42B0C3 #70C3D2 #9FD7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#42B0C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#42B0C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B0C3

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B0C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B0C3	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AAC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b0c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 176, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.101 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c8d5',
    500: '#42b0c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b0c3;
$custom-light: #86c8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b0c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.837,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70258,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B0C3

secondary

#CD9C94

accent

#624DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B0C3

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

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