#42BEBC#42BEBC

#42BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEBC
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -33.87, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 35.05, 194.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.1043 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.107 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7333, 41.6127, 54.0322)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEBC #BE4244

analogous

#42BE7E #42BEBC #4282BE

triadic

#42BEBC #BC42BE #BEBC42

tetradic

#42BEBC #7E42BE #BE4244 #82BE42

square

#42BEBC #7E42BE #BE4244 #82BE42

split-complementary

#42BEBC #BE4282 #BE7E42

monochromatic

#226362 #32918F #42BEBC #70CECC #9DDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#42BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEBC

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEBC	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d0',
    500: '#42bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bebc;
$custom-light: #87d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.032,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73393,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEBC

secondary

#CA9293

accent

#4F52D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEBC

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

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