#42C2B5#42C2B5

#42C2B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.112 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2B5
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 6.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -37.65, -3.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 37.83, 185.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.1115 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.112 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8752, 43.0747, 50.4469)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2B5 #C2424F

analogous

#42C275 #42C2B5 #428FC2

triadic

#42C2B5 #B542C2 #C2B542

tetradic

#42C2B5 #7542C2 #C2424F #8FC242

square

#42C2B5 #7542C2 #C2424F #8FC242

split-complementary

#42C2B5 #C2428F #C27542

monochromatic

#226861 #31968C #42C2B5 #70D1C7 #9FE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C2B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#42C2B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2B5

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2B5	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.112 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5cb',
    500: '#42c2b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2b5;
$custom-light: #87d5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.906,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74139,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2B5

secondary

#CC9499

accent

#4D5CDB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2B5

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

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