#42C2B1#42C2B1

#42C2B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2B1
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 177)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 8.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -38.72, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 38.76, 182.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.1133 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.113 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4706, 42.9129, 48.3163)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2B1 #C24253

analogous

#42C271 #42C2B1 #4293C2

triadic

#42C2B1 #B142C2 #C2B142

tetradic

#42C2B1 #7142C2 #C24253 #93C242

square

#42C2B1 #7142C2 #C24253 #93C242

split-complementary

#42C2B1 #C24293 #C27142

monochromatic

#22685F #319689 #42C2B1 #70D1C4 #9FE0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C2B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#42C2B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2B1

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2B1	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5c8',
    500: '#42c2b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2b1;
$custom-light: #86d5c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.031,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74014,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2B1

secondary

#CC949B

accent

#4D60DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2B1

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

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