#42BDB3#42BDB3

#42BDB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDB3
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -35.89, -4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 36.23, 187.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1072 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.108 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5773, 40.8050, 49.0091)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDB3 #BD424C

analogous

#42BD76 #42BDB3 #4289BD

triadic

#42BDB3 #B342BD #BDB342

tetradic

#42BDB3 #7642BD #BD424C #89BD42

square

#42BDB3 #7642BD #BD424C #89BD42

split-complementary

#42BDB3 #BD4289 #BD7642

monochromatic

#22625D #329088 #42BDB3 #6FCDC5 #9DDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42BDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#42BDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDB3

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDB3	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1c9',
    500: '#42bdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdb3;
$custom-light: #86d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.122,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72848,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDB3

secondary

#C99296

accent

#505BD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDB3

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

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