#42C3AB#42C3AB

#42C3AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C3AB
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 171)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 12.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -40.73, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 40.77, 177.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.1171 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.117 178)
XYZ	xyz(29.1090, 43.1255, 45.3101)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C3AB #C3425A

analogous

#42C36A #42C3AB #429AC3

triadic

#42C3AB #AB42C3 #C3AB42

tetradic

#42C3AB #6A42C3 #C3425A #9AC342

square

#42C3AB #6A42C3 #C3425A #9AC342

split-complementary

#42C3AB #C3429A #C36A42

monochromatic

#21695C #309884 #42C3AB #70D2C0 #9FE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#42C3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C3AB

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C3AB	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6c4',
    500: '#42c3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c3ab;
$custom-light: #86d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.837,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74079,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.43129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C3AB

secondary

#CD949F

accent

#4D67DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C3AB

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

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