#42BEB4#42BEB4

#42BEB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BEB4
RGBrgb(66, 190, 180)
HSLhsl(175, 49%, 50%)
HSVhsv(175, 65%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.37, -36.08, -4.99)
CIE-LCHlch(70.37, 36.43, 187.87°)
OKLaboklab(73.13% -0.1078 -0.0141)
OKLCHoklch(73.13% 0.109 187.4)
XYZxyz(28.8947, 41.2772, 49.6157)
Luminance0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BEB4 #BE424C
analogous
#42BE76 #42BEB4 #428ABE
triadic
#42BEB4 #B442BE #BEB442
tetradic
#42BEB4 #7642BE #BE424C #8ABE42
square
#42BEB4 #7642BE #BE424C #8ABE42
split-complementary
#42BEB4 #BE428A #BE7642
monochromatic
#22635E #329189 #42BEB4 #70CEC6 #9DDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#42BEB4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26
#42BEB4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEB4
9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BEB4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BEB41.002.279.269.26
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2621.001.001.00
##0000009.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4B4B4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2A6B5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42beb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 187.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2ca',
    500: '#42beb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42beb4;
$custom-light: #86d2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42beb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.161,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73126,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BEB4
secondary
#CA9297
accent
#4F5AD8
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#42BEB4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva