#42B2BD#42B2BD

#42B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.100 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B2BD
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -27.79, -14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 31.55, 208.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0915 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.1 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3485, 36.6702, 53.7710)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B2BD #BD4D42

analogous

#42BD8B #42B2BD #4274BD

triadic

#42B2BD #BD42B2 #B2BD42

tetradic

#42B2BD #8B42BD #BD4D42 #74BD42

square

#42B2BD #8B42BD #BD4D42 #74BD42

split-complementary

#42B2BD #BD4274 #BD8B42

monochromatic

#225D62 #328790 #42B2BD #6FC4CD #9DD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#42B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#42B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B2BD

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B2BD	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.100 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9d0',
    500: '#42b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b2bd;
$custom-light: #85c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.366,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70512,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B2BD

secondary

#C99792

accent

#5C50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B2BD

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

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