#42BEAE#42BEAE

#42BEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEAE
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -37.70, -1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 37.75, 182.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.1105 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.111 183)
XYZ	xyz(28.2966, 41.0380, 46.4660)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEAE #BE4252

analogous

#42BE70 #42BEAE #4290BE

triadic

#42BEAE #AE42BE #BEAE42

tetradic

#42BEAE #7042BE #BE4252 #90BE42

square

#42BEAE #7042BE #BE4252 #90BE42

split-complementary

#42BEAE #BE4290 #BE7042

monochromatic

#22635B #329185 #42BEAE #70CEC2 #9DDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#42BEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEAE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEAE	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42beae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2c6',
    500: '#42beae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42beae;
$custom-light: #86d2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42beae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72935,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.41041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEAE

secondary

#CA9299

accent

#4F61D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEAE

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

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