#42BECA#42BECA

#42BECA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.108 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BECA
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -29.83, -16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 33.87, 208.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0983 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.108 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3163, 42.2459, 62.3695)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BECA #CA4E42

analogous

#42CA92 #42BECA #427ACA

triadic

#42BECA #CA42BE #BECA42

tetradic

#42BECA #9242CA #CA4E42 #7ACA42

square

#42BECA #9242CA #CA4E42 #7ACA42

split-complementary

#42BECA #CA427A #CA9242

monochromatic

#206A72 #2D97A2 #42BECA #72CED7 #A2DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42BECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#42BECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BECA

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BECA	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42beca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.108 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2da',
    500: '#42beca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42beca;
$custom-light: #88d2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42beca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73891,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BECA

secondary

#D19C96

accent

#5648DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BECA

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

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