#42BEB0#42BEB0

#42BEB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEB0
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 176)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -37.17, -2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 37.28, 184.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.1096 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.11 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4931, 41.1166, 47.5005)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEB0 #BE4250

analogous

#42BE72 #42BEB0 #428EBE

triadic

#42BEB0 #B042BE #BEB042

tetradic

#42BEB0 #7242BE #BE4250 #8EBE42

square

#42BEB0 #7242BE #BE4250 #8EBE42

split-complementary

#42BEB0 #BE428E #BE7242

monochromatic

#22635C #329186 #42BEB0 #70CEC3 #9DDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BEB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#42BEB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEB0

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEB0	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)

#B5B4B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42beb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2c7',
    500: '#42beb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42beb0;
$custom-light: #86d2c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42beb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.226,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72997,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEB0

secondary

#CA9298

accent

#4F5FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEB0

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

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