#42C2BD#42C2BD

#42C2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.110 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2BD
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -35.46, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 36.30, 192.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.1079 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.11 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7197, 43.4125, 54.8947)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2BD #C24247

analogous

#42C27D #42C2BD #4287C2

triadic

#42C2BD #BD42C2 #C2BD42

tetradic

#42C2BD #7D42C2 #C24247 #87C242

square

#42C2BD #7D42C2 #C24247 #87C242

split-complementary

#42C2BD #C24287 #C27D42

monochromatic

#226865 #319692 #42C2BD #70D1CD #9FE0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42C2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#42C2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2BD

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2BD	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.110 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5d0',
    500: '#42c2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2bd;
$custom-light: #87d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.656,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74401,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2BD

secondary

#CC9496

accent

#4D53DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2BD

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

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