#42BEAF#42BEAF

#42BEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEAF
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -37.43, -2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 37.51, 183.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1101 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.11 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3945, 41.0772, 46.9814)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEAF #BE4251

analogous

#42BE71 #42BEAF #428FBE

triadic

#42BEAF #AF42BE #BEAF42

tetradic

#42BEAF #7142BE #BE4251 #8FBE42

square

#42BEAF #7142BE #BE4251 #8FBE42

split-complementary

#42BEAF #BE428F #BE7142

monochromatic

#22635C #329185 #42BEAF #70CEC2 #9DDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#42BEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEAF

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEAF	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42beaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 183.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42beaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.742,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72966,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEAF

secondary

#CA9299

accent

#4F60D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEAF

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

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