#42C4BE#42C4BE

#42C4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.111 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C4BE
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -36.11, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 36.85, 191.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.1095 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.111 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2767, 44.3523, 55.6177)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C4BE #C44248

analogous

#42C47D #42C4BE #4289C4

triadic

#42C4BE #BE42C4 #C4BE42

tetradic

#42C4BE #7D42C4 #C44248 #89C442

square

#42C4BE #7D42C4 #C44248 #89C442

split-complementary

#42C4BE #C44289 #C47D42

monochromatic

#216A67 #309994 #42C4BE #71D3CE #9FE1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#42C4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C4BE

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C4BE	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.111 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6d1',
    500: '#42c4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c4be;
$custom-light: #87d6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74921,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C4BE

secondary

#CE9497

accent

#4C53DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C4BE

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

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