#42BDB0#42BDB0

#42BDB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDB0
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -36.71, -3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 36.87, 185.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.1086 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.109 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2772, 40.6849, 47.4286)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDB0 #BD424F

analogous

#42BD73 #42BDB0 #428CBD

triadic

#42BDB0 #B042BD #BDB042

tetradic

#42BDB0 #7342BD #BD424F #8CBD42

square

#42BDB0 #7342BD #BD424F #8CBD42

split-complementary

#42BDB0 #BD428C #BD7342

monochromatic

#22625C #329086 #42BDB0 #6FCDC3 #9DDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42BDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#42BDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDB0

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDB0	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c7',
    500: '#42bdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdb0;
$custom-light: #86d1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.659,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72751,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDB0

secondary

#C99298

accent

#505ED8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDB0

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

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