#42BDB8#42BDB8

#42BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.107 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDB8
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -34.52, -7.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 35.31, 192.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.105 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.107 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0922, 41.0109, 51.7208)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDB8 #BD4247

analogous

#42BD7B #42BDB8 #4284BD

triadic

#42BDB8 #B842BD #BDB842

tetradic

#42BDB8 #7B42BD #BD4247 #84BD42

square

#42BDB8 #7B42BD #BD4247 #84BD42

split-complementary

#42BDB8 #BD4284 #BD7B42

monochromatic

#226260 #32908C #42BDB8 #6FCDC9 #9DDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#42BDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDB8

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDB8	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.107 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1cd',
    500: '#42bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdb8;
$custom-light: #86d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.561,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73013,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDB8

secondary

#C99294

accent

#5056D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDB8

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

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