#42BEA2#42BEA2

#42BEA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEA2
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 162)
HSL	hsl(166, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 14.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -40.80, 4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 41.01, 174.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.116 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.116 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1786, 40.5908, 40.5779)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEA2 #BE425E

analogous

#42BE64 #42BEA2 #429CBE

triadic

#42BEA2 #A242BE #BEA242

tetradic

#42BEA2 #6442BE #BE425E #9CBE42

square

#42BEA2 #6442BE #BE425E #9CBE42

split-complementary

#42BEA2 #BE429C #BE6442

monochromatic

#226355 #32917B #42BEA2 #70CEB8 #9DDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42BEA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#42BEA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEA2

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEA2	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2bd',
    500: '#42bea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bea2;
$custom-light: #85d2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.452,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEA2

secondary

#CA929F

accent

#4F6ED8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEA2

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

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