#42BEBB#42BEBB

#42BEBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEBB
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -34.15, -8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 35.20, 194.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.1047 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.107 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6258, 41.5697, 53.4665)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEBB #BE4245

analogous

#42BE7D #42BEBB #4283BE

triadic

#42BEBB #BB42BE #BEBB42

tetradic

#42BEBB #7D42BE #BE4245 #83BE42

square

#42BEBB #7D42BE #BE4245 #83BE42

split-complementary

#42BEBB #BE4283 #BE7D42

monochromatic

#226362 #32918F #42BEBB #70CECB #9DDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42BEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#42BEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEBB

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEBB	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	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)

#B3B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2cf',
    500: '#42bebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bebb;
$custom-light: #87d2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.548,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73359,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEBB

secondary

#CA9294

accent

#4F53D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEBB

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

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