#42BEB3#42BEB3

#42BEB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEB3
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -36.36, -4.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 36.63, 187.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.1083 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.109 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7932, 41.2366, 49.0811)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEB3 #BE424D

analogous

#42BE75 #42BEB3 #428BBE

triadic

#42BEB3 #B342BE #BEB342

tetradic

#42BEB3 #7542BE #BE424D #8BBE42

square

#42BEB3 #7542BE #BE424D #8BBE42

split-complementary

#42BEB3 #BE428B #BE7542

monochromatic

#22635E #329189 #42BEB3 #70CEC5 #9DDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42BEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#42BEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEB3

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEB3	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42beb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2c9',
    500: '#42beb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42beb3;
$custom-light: #86d2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42beb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.677,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73093,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEB3

secondary

#CA9297

accent

#4F5CD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEB3

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

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