#42C2BA#42C2BA

#42C2BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2BA
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -36.29, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 36.82, 189.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.1093 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.111 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3974, 43.2836, 53.1974)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2BA #C2424A

analogous

#42C27A #42C2BA #428AC2

triadic

#42C2BA #BA42C2 #C2BA42

tetradic

#42C2BA #7A42C2 #C2424A #8AC242

square

#42C2BA #7A42C2 #C2424A #8AC242

split-complementary

#42C2BA #C2428A #C27A42

monochromatic

#226864 #319690 #42C2BA #70D1CB #9FE0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42C2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#42C2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2BA

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2BA	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5ce',
    500: '#42c2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2ba;
$custom-light: #87d5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74301,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2BA

secondary

#CC9497

accent

#4D56DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2BA

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

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