#42BDB9#42BDB9

#42BDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.107 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDB9
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -34.24, -7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 35.15, 193.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.1046 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.107 192)
XYZ	xyz(29.1974, 41.0530, 52.2748)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDB9 #BD4246

analogous

#42BD7C #42BDB9 #4283BD

triadic

#42BDB9 #B942BD #BDB942

tetradic

#42BDB9 #7C42BD #BD4246 #83BD42

square

#42BDB9 #7C42BD #BD4246 #83BD42

split-complementary

#42BDB9 #BD4283 #BD7C42

monochromatic

#226260 #32908D #42BDB9 #6FCDCA #9DDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#42BDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDB9

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDB9	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.107 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1ce',
    500: '#42bdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdb9;
$custom-light: #86d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.049,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73047,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.41056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDB9

secondary

#C99294

accent

#5054D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDB9

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

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