#42BED3#42BED3

#42BED3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BED3
RGBrgb(66, 190, 211)
HSLhsl(189, 62%, 54%)
HSVhsv(189, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 10%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(71.34, -27.14, -20.49)
CIE-LCHlch(71.34, 34.01, 217.05°)
OKLaboklab(74.23% -0.0946 -0.057)
OKLCHoklch(74.23% 0.11 211)
XYZxyz(32.4131, 42.6846, 68.1461)
Luminance0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BED3 #D35742
analogous
#42D3A0 #42BED3 #4275D3
triadic
#42BED3 #D342BE #BED342
tetradic
#42BED3 #A042D3 #D35742 #75D342
square
#42BED3 #A042D3 #D35742 #75D342
split-complementary
#42BED3 #D34275 #D3A042
monochromatic
#1D6F7D #299CAF #42BED3 #74CFDF #A5E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#42BED3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54
#42BED3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BED3
9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BED3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BED31.002.209.549.54
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5421.001.001.00
##0000009.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADB7D4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98A8D3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 211.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2e0',
    500: '#42bed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bed3;
$custom-light: #89d2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.69,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74233,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.42688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BED3
secondary
#D7A39A
accent
#5A42E5
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BED3

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

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#42BED3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva