#42BEC3#42BEC3

#42BEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEC3
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 195)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -31.87, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 34.25, 201.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.1013 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.107 199)
XYZ	xyz(30.5062, 41.9219, 58.1032)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEC3 #C34742

analogous

#42C387 #42BEC3 #427DC3

triadic

#42BEC3 #C342BE #BEC342

tetradic

#42BEC3 #8742C3 #C34742 #7DC342

square

#42BEC3 #8742C3 #C34742 #7DC342

split-complementary

#42BEC3 #C3427D #C38742

monochromatic

#216669 #309498 #42BEC3 #70CED2 #9FDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#42BEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEC3

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEC3	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d5',
    500: '#42bec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bec3;
$custom-light: #87d2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.326,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73637,
    "c": 0.10706,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.41925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEC3

secondary

#CD9694

accent

#524DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEC3

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

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