#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
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 211)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 10%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -27.14, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 34.01, 217.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0946 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.11 211)
XYZ	xyz(32.4131, 42.6846, 68.1461)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42BED3	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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