#42C1BE#42C1BE

#42C1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.109 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C1BE
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 1.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -34.72, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 35.79, 194.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.1065 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.109 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6068, 43.0124, 55.3944)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C1BE #C14245

analogous

#42C17E #42C1BE #4284C1

triadic

#42C1BE #BE42C1 #C1BE42

tetradic

#42C1BE #7E42C1 #C14245 #84C142

square

#42C1BE #7E42C1 #C14245 #84C142

split-complementary

#42C1BE #C14284 #C17E42

monochromatic

#226765 #319593 #42C1BE #70D0CE #9EDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#42C1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C1BE

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C1BE	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.109 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d4d1',
    500: '#42c1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c1be;
$custom-light: #87d4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.583,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74191,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C1BE

secondary

#CC9395

accent

#4E51DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C1BE

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

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