#42C4BA#42C4BA

#42C4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.112 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C4BA
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 186)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 5.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -37.21, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 37.59, 188.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.1113 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.112 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8455, 44.1798, 53.3468)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C4BA #C4424C

analogous

#42C479 #42C4BA #428DC4

triadic

#42C4BA #BA42C4 #C4BA42

tetradic

#42C4BA #7942C4 #C4424C #8DC442

square

#42C4BA #7942C4 #C4424C #8DC442

split-complementary

#42C4BA #C4428D #C47942

monochromatic

#216A65 #309991 #42C4BA #71D3CB #9FE1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#42C4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C4BA

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C4BA	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.112 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6ce',
    500: '#42c4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c4ba;
$custom-light: #87d6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7479,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C4BA

secondary

#CE9499

accent

#4C57DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C4BA

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

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