#42BEC2#42BEC2

#42BEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEC2
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -32.16, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 34.34, 200.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.1017 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.107 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3935, 41.8768, 57.5097)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEC2 #C24642

analogous

#42C286 #42BEC2 #427EC2

triadic

#42BEC2 #C242BE #BEC242

tetradic

#42BEC2 #8642C2 #C24642 #7EC242

square

#42BEC2 #8642C2 #C24642 #7EC242

split-complementary

#42BEC2 #C2427E #C28642

monochromatic

#226668 #319396 #42BEC2 #70CED1 #9FDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#42BEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEC2

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEC2	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d4',
    500: '#42bec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bec2;
$custom-light: #87d2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73601,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEC2

secondary

#CC9594

accent

#524DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEC2

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

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