#42C2BC#42C2BC

#42C2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.110 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2BC
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -35.74, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 36.47, 191.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.1084 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.11 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6115, 43.3692, 54.3250)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2BC #C24248

analogous

#42C27C #42C2BC #4288C2

triadic

#42C2BC #BC42C2 #C2BC42

tetradic

#42C2BC #7C42C2 #C24248 #88C242

square

#42C2BC #7C42C2 #C24248 #88C242

split-complementary

#42C2BC #C24288 #C27C42

monochromatic

#226865 #319692 #42C2BC #70D1CC #9FE0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42C2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#42C2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2BC

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2BC	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.110 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5d0',
    500: '#42c2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2bc;
$custom-light: #87d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.188,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74367,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2BC

secondary

#CC9496

accent

#4D54DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2BC

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

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