#42BEC6#42BEC6

#42BEC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEC6
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 198)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -31.01, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 34.03, 204.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.1 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.107 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8488, 42.0589, 59.9075)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEC6 #C64A42

analogous

#42C68C #42BEC6 #427CC6

triadic

#42BEC6 #C642BE #BEC642

tetradic

#42BEC6 #8C42C6 #C64A42 #7CC642

square

#42BEC6 #8C42C6 #C64A42 #7CC642

split-complementary

#42BEC6 #C6427C #C68C42

monochromatic

#21686D #2F959C #42BEC6 #71CED4 #A0DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42BEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#42BEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEC6

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEC6	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d7',
    500: '#42bec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bec6;
$custom-light: #87d2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73745,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEC6

secondary

#CF9895

accent

#544BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEC6

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

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