#42BDCB#42BDCB

#42BDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDCB
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -29.05, -16.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 33.65, 210.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0969 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.108 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2192, 41.8617, 62.9231)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDCB #CB5042

analogous

#42CB94 #42BDCB #4279CB

triadic

#42BDCB #CB42BD #BDCB42

tetradic

#42BDCB #9442CB #CB5042 #79CB42

square

#42BDCB #9442CB #CB5042 #79CB42

split-complementary

#42BDCB #CB4279 #CB9442

monochromatic

#206A73 #2D97A3 #42BDCB #72CED8 #A2DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#42BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDCB

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDCB	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1da',
    500: '#42bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdcb;
$custom-light: #88d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.131,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73688,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDCB

secondary

#D29D97

accent

#5748E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDCB

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

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