#42BEA4#42BEA4

#42BEA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.115 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEA4
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 164)
HSL	hsl(167, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 13.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -40.30, 3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 40.42, 175.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.1151 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.115 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3578, 40.6625, 41.5216)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEA4 #BE425C

analogous

#42BE66 #42BEA4 #429ABE

triadic

#42BEA4 #A442BE #BEA442

tetradic

#42BEA4 #6642BE #BE425C #9ABE42

square

#42BEA4 #6642BE #BE425C #9ABE42

split-complementary

#42BEA4 #BE429A #BE6642

monochromatic

#226356 #32917D #42BEA4 #70CEBA #9DDDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42BEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#42BEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEA4

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEA4	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.115 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2be',
    500: '#42bea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bea4;
$custom-light: #85d2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.419,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72632,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEA4

secondary

#CA929E

accent

#4F6CD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEA4

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

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