#42BEC9#42BEC9

#42BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.108 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BEC9
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -30.13, -15.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 33.90, 207.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0987 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.108 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1983, 42.1987, 61.7479)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BEC9 #C94D42

analogous

#42C991 #42BEC9 #427AC9

triadic

#42BEC9 #C942BE #BEC942

tetradic

#42BEC9 #9142C9 #C94D42 #7AC942

square

#42BEC9 #9142C9 #C94D42 #7AC942

split-complementary

#42BEC9 #C9427A #C99142

monochromatic

#206A70 #2E97A0 #42BEC9 #72CED7 #A1DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#42BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BEC9

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BEC9	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.108 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2d9',
    500: '#42bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bec9;
$custom-light: #88d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BEC9

secondary

#D19B96

accent

#5549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BEC9

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

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