#42BDC8#42BDC8

#42BDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDC8
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -29.94, -15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 33.70, 207.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0981 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.107 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8652, 41.7201, 61.0585)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDC8 #C84D42

analogous

#42C890 #42BDC8 #427AC8

triadic

#42BDC8 #C842BD #BDC842

tetradic

#42BDC8 #9042C8 #C84D42 #7AC842

square

#42BDC8 #9042C8 #C84D42 #7AC842

split-complementary

#42BDC8 #C8427A #C89042

monochromatic

#20696F #2E959F #42BDC8 #71CED6 #A1DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#42BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDC8

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDC8	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1d8',
    500: '#42bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdc8;
$custom-light: #88d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.925,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73577,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDC8

secondary

#D09A96

accent

#564ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDC8

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

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