#42BBD1#42BBD1

#42BBD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BBD1
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 209)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -26.26, -20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 33.53, 218.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0924 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.109 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5208, 41.2988, 66.6195)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BBD1 #D15842

analogous

#42D1A0 #42BBD1 #4274D1

triadic

#42BBD1 #D142BB #BBD142

tetradic

#42BBD1 #A042D1 #D15842 #74D142

square

#42BBD1 #A042D1 #D15842 #74D142

split-complementary

#42BBD1 #D14274 #D1A042

monochromatic

#1E6C7B #2A98AC #42BBD1 #73CDDD #A4DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42BBD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#42BBD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BBD1

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BBD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BBD1	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bbd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfdf',
    500: '#42bbd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bbd1;
$custom-light: #88cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bbd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73441,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BBD1

secondary

#D6A299

accent

#5C44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BBD1

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

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