#42C0BF#42C0BF

#42C0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C0BF
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -33.97, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 35.31, 195.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.105 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.108 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4962, 42.6157, 55.8985)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C0BF #C04243

analogous

#42C080 #42C0BF #4282C0

triadic

#42C0BF #BF42C0 #C0BF42

tetradic

#42C0BF #8042C0 #C04243 #82C042

square

#42C0BF #8042C0 #C04243 #82C042

split-complementary

#42C0BF #C04282 #C08042

monochromatic

#226665 #319493 #42C0BF #70CFCF #9EDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42C0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#42C0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C0BF

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C0BF	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3d2',
    500: '#42c0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c0bf;
$custom-light: #87d3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.524,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73982,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C0BF

secondary

#CB9393

accent

#4E4FDA

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C0BF

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

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