#42BDD3#42BDD3

#42BDD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.110 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDD3
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 211)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -26.64, -20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 33.89, 218.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0936 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.11 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1973, 42.2529, 68.0741)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDD3 #D35842

analogous

#42D3A0 #42BDD3 #4275D3

triadic

#42BDD3 #D342BD #BDD342

tetradic

#42BDD3 #A042D3 #D35842 #75D342

square

#42BDD3 #A042D3 #D35842 #75D342

split-complementary

#42BDD3 #D34275 #D3A042

monochromatic

#1D6F7D #299BAF #42BDD3 #74CEDF #A5E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42BDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#42BDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDD3

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDD3	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.110 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1e0',
    500: '#42bdd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdd3;
$custom-light: #89d1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.103,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73995,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDD3

secondary

#D7A39A

accent

#5B42E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDD3

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

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