#42BED1#42BED1

#42BED1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BED1
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 209)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 9.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -27.75, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 33.91, 215.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0954 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.11 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1639, 42.5850, 66.8338)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BED1 #D15542

analogous

#42D19D #42BED1 #4277D1

triadic

#42BED1 #D142BE #BED142

tetradic

#42BED1 #9D42D1 #D15542 #77D142

square

#42BED1 #9D42D1 #D15542 #77D142

split-complementary

#42BED1 #D14277 #D19D42

monochromatic

#1E6E7B #2A9BAC #42BED1 #73CFDD #A4E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42BED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#42BED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BED1

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BED1	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2df',
    500: '#42bed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bed1;
$custom-light: #89d2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.972,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74156,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BED1

secondary

#D6A199

accent

#5944E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BED1

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

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