#42BEBF#42BEBF

#42BEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEBF
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -33.02, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 34.66, 197.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.103 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.107 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0600, 41.7434, 55.7532)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEBF #BF4342

analogous

#42BF81 #42BEBF #427FBF

triadic

#42BEBF #BF42BE #BEBF42

tetradic

#42BEBF #8142BF #BF4342 #7FBF42

square

#42BEBF #8142BF #BF4342 #7FBF42

split-complementary

#42BEBF #BF427F #BF8142

monochromatic

#226465 #329192 #42BEBF #70CECE #9DDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#42BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEBF

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEBF	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d2',
    500: '#42bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bebf;
$custom-light: #87d2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.48,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73496,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEBF

secondary

#CA9393

accent

#504FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEBF

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

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