#42BBD3#42BBD3

#42BBD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.110 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BBD3
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -25.65, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 33.68, 220.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0916 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.11 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7700, 41.3984, 67.9317)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BBD3 #D35A42

analogous

#42D3A3 #42BBD3 #4273D3

triadic

#42BBD3 #D342BB #BBD342

tetradic

#42BBD3 #A342D3 #D35A42 #73D342

square

#42BBD3 #A342D3 #D35A42 #73D342

split-complementary

#42BBD3 #D34273 #D3A342

monochromatic

#1D6D7D #2999AF #42BBD3 #74CDDF #A5DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42BBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#42BBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BBD3

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BBD3	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.110 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfe0',
    500: '#42bbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bbd3;
$custom-light: #89cfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.931,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73519,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BBD3

secondary

#D7A49A

accent

#5D42E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BBD3

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

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