#42C2BE#42C2BE

#42C2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.110 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2BE
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 190)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -35.18, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 36.14, 193.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.1075 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.11 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8286, 43.4561, 55.4683)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2BE #C24246

analogous

#42C27E #42C2BE #4286C2

triadic

#42C2BE #BE42C2 #C2BE42

tetradic

#42C2BE #7E42C2 #C24246 #86C242

square

#42C2BE #7E42C2 #C24246 #86C242

split-complementary

#42C2BE #C24286 #C27E42

monochromatic

#226866 #319693 #42C2BE #70D1CE #9FE0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42C2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#42C2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2BE

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2BE	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.110 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5d1',
    500: '#42c2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2be;
$custom-light: #87d5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74434,
    "c": 0.10992,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2BE

secondary

#CC9495

accent

#4D52DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2BE

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

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