#42BEC7#42BEC7

#42BEC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEC7
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 199)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 4.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -30.71, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 33.98, 205.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0996 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.107 202)
XYZ	xyz(30.9645, 42.1052, 60.5170)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEC7 #C74B42

analogous

#42C78E #42BEC7 #427CC7

triadic

#42BEC7 #C742BE #BEC742

tetradic

#42BEC7 #8E42C7 #C74B42 #7CC742

square

#42BEC7 #8E42C7 #C74B42 #7CC742

split-complementary

#42BEC7 #C7427C #C78E42

monochromatic

#21696E #2F969D #42BEC7 #71CED5 #A0DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42BEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#42BEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEC7

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEC7	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2d8',
    500: '#42bec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bec7;
$custom-light: #88d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.06,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73781,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.42109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEC7

secondary

#D09995

accent

#544ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEC7

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

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