#42C2B2#42C2B2

#42C2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2B2
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -38.45, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 38.52, 183.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.1128 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.113 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5707, 42.9529, 48.8431)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2B2 #C24252

analogous

#42C272 #42C2B2 #4292C2

triadic

#42C2B2 #B242C2 #C2B242

tetradic

#42C2B2 #7242C2 #C24252 #92C242

square

#42C2B2 #7242C2 #C24252 #92C242

split-complementary

#42C2B2 #C24292 #C27242

monochromatic

#22685F #31968A #42C2B2 #70D1C5 #9FE0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#42C2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2B2

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2B2	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5c9',
    500: '#42c2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2b2;
$custom-light: #86d5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74045,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2B2

secondary

#CC949B

accent

#4D5FDB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2B2

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

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