#42BEAB#42BEAB

#42BEAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEAB
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 10%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -38.49, -0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 38.49, 180.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.1119 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.112 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0074, 40.9224, 44.9429)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEAB #BE4255

analogous

#42BE6D #42BEAB #4293BE

triadic

#42BEAB #AB42BE #BEAB42

tetradic

#42BEAB #6D42BE #BE4255 #93BE42

square

#42BEAB #6D42BE #BE4255 #93BE42

split-complementary

#42BEAB #BE4293 #BE6D42

monochromatic

#226359 #329182 #42BEAB #70CEBF #9DDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42BEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#42BEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEAB

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEAB	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)

#B6B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42beab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 180.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42beab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.806,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72842,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEAB

secondary

#CA929B

accent

#4F64D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEAB

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

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