#42BED0#42BED0

#42BED0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.109 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BED0
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -28.05, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 33.88, 214.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0958 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.109 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0405, 42.5356, 66.1838)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BED0 #D05442

analogous

#42D09B #42BED0 #4277D0

triadic

#42BED0 #D042BE #BED042

tetradic

#42BED0 #9B42D0 #D05442 #77D042

square

#42BED0 #9B42D0 #D05442 #77D042

split-complementary

#42BED0 #D04277 #D09B42

monochromatic

#1E6E79 #2A9AAA #42BED0 #73CFDC #A4E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42BED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#42BED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BED0

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BED0	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.109 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2de',
    500: '#42bed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bed0;
$custom-light: #88d2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.606,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74117,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BED0

secondary

#D5A099

accent

#5944E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BED0

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

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