#42BDBD#42BDBD

#42BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.106 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDBD
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -33.11, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 34.58, 196.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.1028 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.106 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6256, 41.2243, 54.5300)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDBD #BD4242

analogous

#42BD80 #42BDBD #427FBD

triadic

#42BDBD #BD42BD #BDBD42

tetradic

#42BDBD #7F42BD #BD4242 #80BD42

square

#42BDBD #7F42BD #BD4242 #80BD42

split-complementary

#42BDBD #BD4280 #BD8042

monochromatic

#226262 #329090 #42BDBD #6FCDCD #9DDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#42BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDBD

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDBD	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.106 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1d0',
    500: '#42bdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdbd;
$custom-light: #87d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73184,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDBD

secondary

#C99292

accent

#5050D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDBD

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

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