#42BED4#42BED4

#42BED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BED4
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -26.84, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 34.07, 218.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0942 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.111 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5388, 42.7349, 68.8084)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BED4 #D45842

analogous

#42D4A1 #42BED4 #4275D4

triadic

#42BED4 #D442BE #BED442

tetradic

#42BED4 #A142D4 #D45842 #75D442

square

#42BED4 #A142D4 #D45842 #75D442

split-complementary

#42BED4 #D44275 #D4A142

monochromatic

#1D707F #289CB1 #42BED4 #74CFDF #A6E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42BED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#42BED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BED4

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BED4	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2e1',
    500: '#42bed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bed4;
$custom-light: #89d2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.041,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BED4

secondary

#D8A39A

accent

#5B42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BED4

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

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