#42B2C7#42B2C7

#42B2C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.103 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B2C7
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 199)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -24.79, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 31.82, 218.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0873 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.103 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4716, 37.1194, 59.6860)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B2C7 #C75742

analogous

#42C79A #42B2C7 #426FC7

triadic

#42B2C7 #C742B2 #B2C742

tetradic

#42B2C7 #9A42C7 #C75742 #6FC742

square

#42B2C7 #9A42C7 #C75742 #6FC742

split-complementary

#42B2C7 #C7426F #C79A42

monochromatic

#21626E #2F8C9D #42B2C7 #71C5D5 #A0D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#42B2C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#42B2C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B2C7

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B2C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B2C7	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ACC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b2c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.103 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c9d8',
    500: '#42b2c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b2c7;
$custom-light: #86c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b2c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70896,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B2C7

secondary

#D09E95

accent

#614ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B2C7

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

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