#42BDBC#42BDBC

#42BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDBC
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -33.40, -9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 34.71, 195.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.1033 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.107 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5174, 41.1810, 53.9603)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDBC #BD4243

analogous

#42BD7E #42BDBC #4281BD

triadic

#42BDBC #BC42BD #BDBC42

tetradic

#42BDBC #7E42BD #BD4243 #81BD42

square

#42BDBC #7E42BD #BD4243 #81BD42

split-complementary

#42BDBC #BD4281 #BD7E42

monochromatic

#226262 #32908F #42BDBC #6FCDCC #9DDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#42BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDBC

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDBC	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1d0',
    500: '#42bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdbc;
$custom-light: #86d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.512,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73149,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDBC

secondary

#C99292

accent

#5051D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDBC

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

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