#42BEC4#42BEC4

#42BEC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEC4
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -31.59, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 34.17, 202.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.1008 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.107 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6197, 41.9672, 58.7006)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEC4 #C44842

analogous

#42C489 #42BEC4 #427DC4

triadic

#42BEC4 #C442BE #BEC442

tetradic

#42BEC4 #8942C4 #C44842 #7DC442

square

#42BEC4 #8942C4 #C44842 #7DC442

split-complementary

#42BEC4 #C4427D #C48942

monochromatic

#21676A #309499 #42BEC4 #71CED3 #9FDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#42BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEC4

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEC4	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)

#B1B6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d5',
    500: '#42bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bec4;
$custom-light: #87d2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73673,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEC4

secondary

#CE9794

accent

#534CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEC4

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

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