#42B3BD#42B3BD

#42B3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.101 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B3BD
RGB	rgb(66, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -28.28, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 31.77, 207.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0925 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.101 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5482, 37.0695, 53.8375)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B3BD #BD4C42

analogous

#42BD89 #42B3BD #4276BD

triadic

#42B3BD #BD42B3 #B3BD42

tetradic

#42B3BD #8942BD #BD4C42 #76BD42

square

#42B3BD #8942BD #BD4C42 #76BD42

split-complementary

#42B3BD #BD4276 #BD8942

monochromatic

#225D62 #328890 #42B3BD #6FC5CD #9DD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#42B3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#42B3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B3BD

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B3BD	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.101 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cad0',
    500: '#42b3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b3bd;
$custom-light: #86cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.878,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70754,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B3BD

secondary

#C99692

accent

#5B50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B3BD

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

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