#42BEB9#42BEB9

#42BEB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEB9
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -34.71, -7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 35.51, 192.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.1056 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.108 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4132, 41.4847, 52.3467)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEB9 #BE4247

analogous

#42BE7B #42BEB9 #4285BE

triadic

#42BEB9 #B942BE #BEB942

tetradic

#42BEB9 #7B42BE #BE4247 #85BE42

square

#42BEB9 #7B42BE #BE4247 #85BE42

split-complementary

#42BEB9 #BE4285 #BE7B42

monochromatic

#226361 #32918D #42BEB9 #70CECA #9DDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42BEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#42BEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEB9

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEB9	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42beb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2ce',
    500: '#42beb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42beb9;
$custom-light: #86d2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42beb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.581,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73291,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEB9

secondary

#CA9294

accent

#4F55D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEB9

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

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