#42BED2#42BED2

#42BED2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BED2
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 210)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -27.44, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 33.96, 216.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.095 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.11 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2881, 42.6346, 67.4879)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BED2 #D25642

analogous

#42D29E #42BED2 #4276D2

triadic

#42BED2 #D242BE #BED242

tetradic

#42BED2 #9E42D2 #D25642 #76D242

square

#42BED2 #9E42D2 #D25642 #76D242

split-complementary

#42BED2 #D24276 #D29E42

monochromatic

#1E6F7C #299BAD #42BED2 #73CFDE #A5E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42BED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#42BED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BED2

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BED2	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2df',
    500: '#42bed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bed2;
$custom-light: #89d2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74194,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BED2

secondary

#D7A299

accent

#5A43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BED2

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

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