#42BDB2#42BDB2

#42BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDB2
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -36.17, -4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 36.44, 186.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.1077 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.108 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4766, 40.7646, 48.4784)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDB2 #BD424D

analogous

#42BD74 #42BDB2 #428BBD

triadic

#42BDB2 #B242BD #BDB242

tetradic

#42BDB2 #7442BD #BD424D #8BBD42

square

#42BDB2 #7442BD #BD424D #8BBD42

split-complementary

#42BDB2 #BD428B #BD7442

monochromatic

#22625D #329087 #42BDB2 #6FCDC4 #9DDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#42BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDB2

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDB2	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c9',
    500: '#42bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdb2;
$custom-light: #86d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.634,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72815,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDB2

secondary

#C99297

accent

#505CD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDB2

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

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