#42B2C8#42B2C8

#42B2C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.104 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42B2C8
RGBrgb(66, 178, 200)
HSLhsl(190, 55%, 52%)
HSVhsv(190, 67%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.40, -24.48, -20.45)
CIE-LCHlch(67.40, 31.90, 219.86°)
OKLaboklab(70.94% -0.0869 -0.0569)
OKLCHoklch(70.94% 0.104 213.2)
XYZxyz(28.5881, 37.1660, 60.2995)
Luminance0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42B2C8 #C85842
analogous
#42C89B #42B2C8 #426FC8
triadic
#42B2C8 #C842B2 #B2C842
tetradic
#42B2C8 #9B42C8 #C85842 #6FC842
square
#42B2C8 #9B42C8 #C85842 #6FC842
split-complementary
#42B2C8 #C8426F #C89B42
monochromatic
#20626F #2E8C9F #42B2C8 #71C5D6 #A1D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#42B2C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43
#42B2C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B2C8
8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42B2C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42B2C81.002.498.438.43
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4321.001.001.00
##0000008.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1ACC9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8E9EC8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.104 213.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9d8',
    500: '#42b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42b2c8;
$custom-light: #87c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.851,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70936,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42B2C8
secondary
#D09F96
accent
#624ADE
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0D1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B2C8

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#42B2C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva