#42B7BE#42B7BE

#42B7BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.103 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B7BE
RGB	rgb(66, 183, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -29.95, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 32.72, 203.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0962 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.103 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4705, 38.7398, 54.6823)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B7BE #BE4942

analogous

#42BE87 #42B7BE #4279BE

triadic

#42B7BE #BE42B7 #B7BE42

tetradic

#42B7BE #8742BE #BE4942 #79BE42

square

#42B7BE #8742BE #BE4942 #79BE42

split-complementary

#42B7BE #BE4279 #BE8742

monochromatic

#226063 #328C91 #42B7BE #70C8CE #9DDADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#42B7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#42B7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B7BE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B7BE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 183, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.103 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdd1',
    500: '#42b7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b7be;
$custom-light: #86cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.387,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71761,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B7BE

secondary

#CA9592

accent

#574FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B7BE

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

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