#42B6BE#42B6BE

#42B6BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B6BE
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -29.46, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 32.46, 204.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0952 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.102 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2650, 38.3287, 54.6138)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B6BE #BE4A42

analogous

#42BE88 #42B6BE #4278BE

triadic

#42B6BE #BE42B6 #B6BE42

tetradic

#42B6BE #8842BE #BE4A42 #78BE42

square

#42B6BE #8842BE #BE4A42 #78BE42

split-complementary

#42B6BE #BE4278 #BE8842

monochromatic

#225F63 #328B91 #42B6BE #70C8CE #9DD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42B6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#42B6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B6BE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B6BE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ccd1',
    500: '#42b6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b6be;
$custom-light: #86ccd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71519,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B6BE

secondary

#CA9692

accent

#584FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B6BE

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

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