#42BEBA#42BEBA

#42BEBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.107 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEBA
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -34.43, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 35.35, 193.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.1052 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.108 192)
XYZ	xyz(29.5192, 41.5270, 52.9047)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEBA #BE4246

analogous

#42BE7C #42BEBA #4284BE

triadic

#42BEBA #BA42BE #BEBA42

tetradic

#42BEBA #7C42BE #BE4246 #84BE42

square

#42BEBA #7C42BE #BE4246 #84BE42

split-complementary

#42BEBA #BE4284 #BE7C42

monochromatic

#226361 #32918E #42BEBA #70CECB #9DDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42BEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#42BEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEBA

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEBA	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42beba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.107 192.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42beba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.065,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73325,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.4153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEBA

secondary

#CA9294

accent

#4F54D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEBA

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

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