#42B6BD#42B6BD

#42B6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B6BD
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -29.75, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 32.52, 203.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0956 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.102 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1560, 38.2852, 54.0401)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B6BD #BD4942

analogous

#42BD87 #42B6BD #4278BD

triadic

#42B6BD #BD42B6 #B6BD42

tetradic

#42B6BD #8742BD #BD4942 #78BD42

square

#42B6BD #8742BD #BD4942 #78BD42

split-complementary

#42B6BD #BD4278 #BD8742

monochromatic

#225F62 #328A90 #42B6BD #6FC8CD #9DD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#42B6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#42B6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B6BD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B6BD	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccd0',
    500: '#42b6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b6bd;
$custom-light: #86ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.415,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71482,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B6BD

secondary

#C99592

accent

#5850D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B6BD

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

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