#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
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 180)
HSL	hsl(175, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -36.08, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 36.43, 187.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1078 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.109 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8947, 41.2772, 49.6157)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42BEB4	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42BEB4

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

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