#42BEBE#42BEBE

#42BEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEBE
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -33.30, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 34.78, 196.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.1034 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.107 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9503, 41.6995, 55.1756)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEBE #BE4242

analogous

#42BE80 #42BEBE #4280BE

triadic

#42BEBE #BE42BE #BEBE42

tetradic

#42BEBE #8042BE #BE4242 #80BE42

square

#42BEBE #8042BE #BE4242 #80BE42

split-complementary

#42BEBE #BE4280 #BE8042

monochromatic

#226363 #329191 #42BEBE #70CECE #9DDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#42BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEBE

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEBE	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d1',
    500: '#42bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bebe;
$custom-light: #87d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73461,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEBE

secondary

#CA9292

accent

#4F4FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEBE

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

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