#42B3BE#42B3BE

#42B3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B3BE
RGB	rgb(66, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -27.99, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 31.75, 208.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0921 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6571, 37.1131, 54.4112)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B3BE #BE4D42

analogous

#42BE8B #42B3BE #4275BE

triadic

#42B3BE #BE42B3 #B3BE42

tetradic

#42B3BE #8B42BE #BE4D42 #75BE42

square

#42B3BE #8B42BE #BE4D42 #75BE42

split-complementary

#42B3BE #BE4275 #BE8B42

monochromatic

#225E63 #328991 #42B3BE #70C5CE #9DD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#42B3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#42B3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B3BE

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B3BE	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cad1',
    500: '#42b3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b3be;
$custom-light: #86cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.323,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70792,
    "c": 0.10101,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B3BE

secondary

#CA9792

accent

#5C4FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B3BE

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

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