#42BEB1#42BEB1

#42BEB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEB1
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 177)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -36.90, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 37.06, 185.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.1092 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.11 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5924, 41.1563, 48.0235)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEB1 #BE424F

analogous

#42BE73 #42BEB1 #428DBE

triadic

#42BEB1 #B142BE #BEB142

tetradic

#42BEB1 #7342BE #BE424F #8DBE42

square

#42BEB1 #7342BE #BE424F #8DBE42

split-complementary

#42BEB1 #BE428D #BE7342

monochromatic

#22635D #329187 #42BEB1 #70CEC4 #9DDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42BEB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#42BEB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEB1

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEB1	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42beb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2c8',
    500: '#42beb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42beb1;
$custom-light: #86d2c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42beb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.71,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73029,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEB1

secondary

#CA9298

accent

#4F5ED8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEB1

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

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