#42C2AB#42C2AB

#42C2AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.116 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2AB
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 171)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 11.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -40.29, 1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 40.31, 178.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.116 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.116 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8857, 42.6789, 45.2357)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2AB #C24259

analogous

#42C26B #42C2AB #4299C2

triadic

#42C2AB #AB42C2 #C2AB42

tetradic

#42C2AB #6B42C2 #C24259 #99C242

square

#42C2AB #6B42C2 #C24259 #99C242

split-complementary

#42C2AB #C24299 #C26B42

monochromatic

#22685B #319684 #42C2AB #70D1C0 #9FE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#42C2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2AB

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2AB	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.116 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5c4',
    500: '#42c2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2ab;
$custom-light: #86d5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.219,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73831,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2AB

secondary

#CC949E

accent

#4D67DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2AB

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

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