#42BDBA#42BDBA

#42BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDBA
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -33.96, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 35.00, 194.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.1041 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.107 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3033, 41.0954, 52.8327)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDBA #BD4245

analogous

#42BD7D #42BDBA #4282BD

triadic

#42BDBA #BA42BD #BDBA42

tetradic

#42BDBA #7D42BD #BD4245 #82BD42

square

#42BDBA #7D42BD #BD4245 #82BD42

split-complementary

#42BDBA #BD4282 #BD7D42

monochromatic

#226261 #32908D #42BDBA #6FCDCB #9DDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#42BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDBA

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDBA	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 192.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.537,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73081,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDBA

secondary

#C99293

accent

#5053D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDBA

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

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