#42BEAA#42BEAA

#42BEAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEAA
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 170)
HSL	hsl(170, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -38.75, 0.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 38.75, 179.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.1123 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.112 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9125, 40.8844, 44.4429)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEAA #BE4256

analogous

#42BE6C #42BEAA #4294BE

triadic

#42BEAA #AA42BE #BEAA42

tetradic

#42BEAA #6C42BE #BE4256 #94BE42

square

#42BEAA #6C42BE #BE4256 #94BE42

split-complementary

#42BEAA #BE4294 #BE6C42

monochromatic

#226359 #329182 #42BEAA #70CEBE #9DDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42BEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#42BEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEAA

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEAA	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42beaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2c3',
    500: '#42beaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42beaa;
$custom-light: #85d2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42beaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.323,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72811,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEAA

secondary

#CA929B

accent

#4F66D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEAA

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

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