#42BED5#42BED5

#42BED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BED5
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -26.53, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 34.14, 218.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0938 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.111 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6654, 42.7855, 69.4748)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BED5 #D55942

analogous

#42D5A3 #42BED5 #4274D5

triadic

#42BED5 #D542BE #BED542

tetradic

#42BED5 #A342D5 #D55942 #74D542

square

#42BED5 #A342D5 #D55942 #74D542

split-complementary

#42BED5 #D54274 #D5A342

monochromatic

#1C7180 #289DB2 #42BED5 #74CFE0 #A6E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42BED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#42BED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BED5

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BED5	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2e2',
    500: '#42bed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bed5;
$custom-light: #89d2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.388,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74311,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BED5

secondary

#D8A49A

accent

#5B41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BED5

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

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