#42BDCD#42BDCD

#42BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDCD
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -28.45, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 33.65, 212.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0961 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.108 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4591, 41.9577, 64.1864)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDCD #CD5242

analogous

#42CD97 #42BDCD #4278CD

triadic

#42BDCD #CD42BD #BDCD42

tetradic

#42BDCD #9742CD #CD5242 #78CD42

square

#42BDCD #9742CD #CD5242 #78CD42

split-complementary

#42BDCD #CD4278 #CD9742

monochromatic

#1F6C76 #2C98A6 #42BDCD #72CEDA #A3DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#42BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDCD

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDCD	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1dc',
    500: '#42bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdcd;
$custom-light: #88d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.906,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73764,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDCD

secondary

#D39E97

accent

#5846E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDCD

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

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