#42B4BD#42B4BD

#42B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.101 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B4BD
RGB	rgb(66, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -28.77, -14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 32.01, 205.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0935 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.101 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7494, 37.4718, 53.9046)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B4BD #BD4B42

analogous

#42BD88 #42B4BD #4277BD

triadic

#42B4BD #BD42B4 #B4BD42

tetradic

#42B4BD #8842BD #BD4B42 #77BD42

square

#42B4BD #8842BD #BD4B42 #77BD42

split-complementary

#42B4BD #BD4277 #BD8842

monochromatic

#225E62 #328990 #42B4BD #6FC6CD #9DD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#42B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B4BD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B4BD	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.101 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbd0',
    500: '#42b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b4bd;
$custom-light: #86cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.39,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70997,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B4BD

secondary

#C99692

accent

#5A50D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B4BD

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

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