#42B2C3#42B2C3

#42B2C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B2C3
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 195)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -26.00, -17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 31.59, 214.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.089 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.102 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0133, 36.9361, 57.2722)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B2C3 #C35342

analogous

#42C393 #42B2C3 #4271C3

triadic

#42B2C3 #C342B2 #B2C342

tetradic

#42B2C3 #9342C3 #C35342 #71C342

square

#42B2C3 #9342C3 #C35342 #71C342

split-complementary

#42B2C3 #C34271 #C39342

monochromatic

#216069 #308A98 #42B2C3 #70C5D2 #9FD8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#42B2C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#42B2C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B2C3

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B2C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B2C3	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b2c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9d5',
    500: '#42b2c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b2c3;
$custom-light: #86c9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b2c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.907,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7074,
    "c": 0.10197,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B2C3

secondary

#CD9B94

accent

#5F4DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B2C3

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

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