#42BEBD#42BEBD

#42BEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEBD
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -33.59, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 34.91, 195.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.1038 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.107 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8414, 41.6559, 54.6019)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEBD #BE4243

analogous

#42BE7F #42BEBD #4281BE

triadic

#42BEBD #BD42BE #BEBD42

tetradic

#42BEBD #7F42BE #BE4243 #81BE42

square

#42BEBD #7F42BE #BE4243 #81BE42

split-complementary

#42BEBD #BE4281 #BE7F42

monochromatic

#226363 #329190 #42BEBD #70CECD #9DDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#42BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEBD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEBD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 194.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.516,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73427,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEBD

secondary

#CA9293

accent

#4F51D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEBD

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

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