#42BDD2#42BDD2

#42BDD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.110 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDD2
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 210)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 10%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -26.95, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 33.83, 217.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.094 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.11 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0723, 42.2029, 67.4160)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDD2 #D25742

analogous

#42D29F #42BDD2 #4275D2

triadic

#42BDD2 #D242BD #BDD242

tetradic

#42BDD2 #9F42D2 #D25742 #75D242

square

#42BDD2 #9F42D2 #D25742 #75D242

split-complementary

#42BDD2 #D24275 #D29F42

monochromatic

#1E6E7C #299AAD #42BDD2 #73CEDE #A5E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42BDD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#42BDD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDD2

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDD2	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.110 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1df',
    500: '#42bdd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdd2;
$custom-light: #89d1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73956,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDD2

secondary

#D7A299

accent

#5B43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDD2

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

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