#42B9BE#42B9BE

#42B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.104 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B9BE
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -30.92, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 33.26, 201.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0983 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.104 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8859, 39.5707, 54.8208)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B9BE #BE4742

analogous

#42BE85 #42B9BE #427BBE

triadic

#42B9BE #BE42B9 #B9BE42

tetradic

#42B9BE #8542BE #BE4742 #7BBE42

square

#42B9BE #8542BE #BE4742 #7BBE42

split-complementary

#42B9BE #BE427B #BE8542

monochromatic

#226163 #328D91 #42B9BE #70CACE #9DDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#42B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#42B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B9BE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B9BE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.104 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ced1',
    500: '#42b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b9be;
$custom-light: #86ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.419,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B9BE

secondary

#CA9492

accent

#554FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B9BE

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

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