#42BDBB#42BDBB

#42BDBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDBB
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -33.68, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 34.85, 194.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.1037 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.107 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4100, 41.1380, 53.3945)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDBB #BD4244

analogous

#42BD7D #42BDBB #4282BD

triadic

#42BDBB #BB42BD #BDBB42

tetradic

#42BDBB #7D42BD #BD4244 #82BD42

square

#42BDBB #7D42BD #BD4244 #82BD42

split-complementary

#42BDBB #BD4282 #BD7D42

monochromatic

#226261 #32908E #42BDBB #6FCDCB #9DDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#42BDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDBB

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDBB	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1cf',
    500: '#42bdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdbb;
$custom-light: #86d1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.024,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDBB

secondary

#C99293

accent

#5052D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDBB

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

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