#42BEC1#42BEC1

#42BEC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEC1
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 193)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -32.45, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 34.44, 199.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.1021 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.107 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2816, 41.8320, 56.9202)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEC1 #C14542

analogous

#42C184 #42BEC1 #427EC1

triadic

#42BEC1 #C142BE #BEC142

tetradic

#42BEC1 #8442C1 #C14542 #7EC142

square

#42BEC1 #8442C1 #C14542 #7EC142

split-complementary

#42BEC1 #C1427E #C18442

monochromatic

#226567 #319395 #42BEC1 #70CED0 #9EDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#42BEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEC1

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEC1	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d3',
    500: '#42bec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bec1;
$custom-light: #87d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.417,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73566,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEC1

secondary

#CC9593

accent

#514EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEC1

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

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