#42B6BF#42B6BF

#42B6BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.103 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B6BF
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -29.17, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 32.41, 205.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0947 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.103 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3746, 38.3726, 55.1914)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B6BF #BF4B42

analogous

#42BF89 #42B6BF #4277BF

triadic

#42B6BF #BF42B6 #B6BF42

tetradic

#42B6BF #8942BF #BF4B42 #77BF42

square

#42B6BF #8942BF #BF4B42 #77BF42

split-complementary

#42B6BF #BF4277 #BF8942

monochromatic

#226065 #328B92 #42B6BF #70C8CE #9DD9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42B6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#42B6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B6BF

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B6BF	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.103 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccd2',
    500: '#42b6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b6bf;
$custom-light: #86ccd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.32,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71555,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B6BF

secondary

#CA9793

accent

#594FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B6BF

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

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