#42BEAD#42BEAD

#42BEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEAD
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -37.96, -1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 37.99, 182.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.111 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.111 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1995, 40.9992, 45.9545)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEAD #BE4253

analogous

#42BE6F #42BEAD #4291BE

triadic

#42BEAD #AD42BE #BEAD42

tetradic

#42BEAD #6F42BE #BE4253 #91BE42

square

#42BEAD #6F42BE #BE4253 #91BE42

split-complementary

#42BEAD #BE4291 #BE6F42

monochromatic

#22635A #329184 #42BEAD #70CEC1 #9DDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#42BEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEAD

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEAD	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2c5',
    500: '#42bead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bead;
$custom-light: #86d2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.774,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72903,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEAD

secondary

#CA929A

accent

#4F62D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEAD

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

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