#42BBD2#42BBD2

#42BBD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.110 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BBD2
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 210)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -25.95, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 33.60, 219.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.092 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.11 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6450, 41.3485, 67.2735)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BBD2 #D25942

analogous

#42D2A1 #42BBD2 #4273D2

triadic

#42BBD2 #D242BB #BBD242

tetradic

#42BBD2 #A142D2 #D25942 #73D242

square

#42BBD2 #A142D2 #D25942 #73D242

split-complementary

#42BBD2 #D24273 #D2A142

monochromatic

#1E6D7C #2998AD #42BBD2 #73CDDE #A5DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42BBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#42BBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BBD2

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BBD2	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.110 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfdf',
    500: '#42bbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bbd2;
$custom-light: #88cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.583,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7348,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BBD2

secondary

#D7A399

accent

#5D43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BBD2

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

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