#42BFD2#42BFD2

#42BFD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.110 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFD2
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 210)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -27.94, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 34.10, 214.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.096 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.11 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5055, 43.0693, 67.5604)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFD2 #D25542

analogous

#42D29D #42BFD2 #4277D2

triadic

#42BFD2 #D242BF #BFD242

tetradic

#42BFD2 #9D42D2 #D25542 #77D242

square

#42BFD2 #9D42D2 #D25542 #77D242

split-complementary

#42BFD2 #D24277 #D29D42

monochromatic

#1E707C #299CAD #42BFD2 #73D0DE #A5E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42BFD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#42BFD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFD2

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFD2	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.110 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2df',
    500: '#42bfd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfd2;
$custom-light: #89d2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.917,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74433,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFD2

secondary

#D7A199

accent

#5843E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFD2

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

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