#42B8BE#42B8BE

#42B8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.103 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B8BE
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -30.43, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 32.99, 202.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0972 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.103 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6775, 39.1538, 54.7513)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B8BE #BE4842

analogous

#42BE86 #42B8BE #427ABE

triadic

#42B8BE #BE42B8 #B8BE42

tetradic

#42B8BE #8642BE #BE4842 #7ABE42

square

#42B8BE #8642BE #BE4842 #7ABE42

split-complementary

#42B8BE #BE427A #BE8642

monochromatic

#226063 #328C91 #42B8BE #70C9CE #9DDADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#42B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B8BE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B8BE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.103 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdd1',
    500: '#42b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b8be;
$custom-light: #86cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.903,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72004,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B8BE

secondary

#CA9592

accent

#564FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B8BE

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

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