#42C3BE#42C3BE

#42C3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.111 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C3BE
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 190)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -35.65, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 36.49, 192.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.1085 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.111 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0519, 43.9027, 55.5428)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C3BE #C34247

analogous

#42C37D #42C3BE #4287C3

triadic

#42C3BE #BE42C3 #C3BE42

tetradic

#42C3BE #7D42C3 #C34247 #87C342

square

#42C3BE #7D42C3 #C34247 #87C342

split-complementary

#42C3BE #C34287 #C37D42

monochromatic

#216966 #309894 #42C3BE #70D2CE #9FE0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#42C3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C3BE

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C3BE	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.111 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5d1',
    500: '#42c3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c3be;
$custom-light: #87d5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.674,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74678,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C3BE

secondary

#CD9496

accent

#4D52DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C3BE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →