#42C2B4#42C2B4

#42C2B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.112 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2B4
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 180)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 7.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -37.92, -3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 38.06, 184.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.1119 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.112 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7729, 43.0338, 49.9084)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2B4 #C24250

analogous

#42C274 #42C2B4 #4290C2

triadic

#42C2B4 #B442C2 #C2B442

tetradic

#42C2B4 #7442C2 #C24250 #90C242

square

#42C2B4 #7442C2 #C24250 #90C242

split-complementary

#42C2B4 #C24290 #C27442

monochromatic

#226860 #31968B #42C2B4 #70D1C6 #9FE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#42C2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2B4

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2B4	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.112 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5ca',
    500: '#42c2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2b4;
$custom-light: #87d5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.438,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2B4

secondary

#CC949A

accent

#4D5DDB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2B4

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

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