#42BDD0#42BDD0

#42BDD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.109 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDD0
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -27.55, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 33.73, 215.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0948 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.109 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8247, 42.1039, 66.1119)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDD0 #D05542

analogous

#42D09C #42BDD0 #4276D0

triadic

#42BDD0 #D042BD #BDD042

tetradic

#42BDD0 #9C42D0 #D05542 #76D042

square

#42BDD0 #9C42D0 #D05542 #76D042

split-complementary

#42BDD0 #D04276 #D09C42

monochromatic

#1E6D79 #2A99AA #42BDD0 #73CEDC #A4DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42BDD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#42BDD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDD0

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDD0	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.109 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1de',
    500: '#42bdd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdd0;
$custom-light: #88d1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73879,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDD0

secondary

#D5A199

accent

#5A44E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDD0

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

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