#42C2BF#42C2BF

#42C2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.110 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2BF
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 191)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -34.90, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 35.98, 194.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.1071 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.11 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9383, 43.4999, 56.0459)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2BF #C24245

analogous

#42C27F #42C2BF #4285C2

triadic

#42C2BF #BF42C2 #C2BF42

tetradic

#42C2BF #7F42C2 #C24245 #85C242

square

#42C2BF #7F42C2 #C24245 #85C242

split-complementary

#42C2BF #C24285 #C27F42

monochromatic

#226866 #319694 #42C2BF #70D1CF #9FE0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#42C2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2BF

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2BF	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.110 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5d2',
    500: '#42c2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2bf;
$custom-light: #87d5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.594,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74468,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2BF

secondary

#CC9495

accent

#4D50DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2BF

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

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