#42BDCF#42BDCF

#42BDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDCF
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -27.85, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 33.70, 214.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0952 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.109 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7020, 42.0548, 65.4660)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDCF #CF5442

analogous

#42CF9B #42BDCF #4276CF

triadic

#42BDCF #CF42BD #BDCF42

tetradic

#42BDCF #9B42CF #CF5442 #76CF42

square

#42BDCF #9B42CF #CF5442 #76CF42

split-complementary

#42BDCF #CF4276 #CF9B42

monochromatic

#1F6D78 #2B99A9 #42BDCF #73CEDB #A4DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#42BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDCF

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDCF	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1dd',
    500: '#42bdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdcf;
$custom-light: #88d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7384,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDCF

secondary

#D5A098

accent

#5945E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDCF

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

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