#42C4BF#42C4BF

#42C4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.111 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C4BF
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -35.84, -7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 36.69, 192.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.1091 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.111 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3864, 44.3962, 56.1953)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C4BF #C44247

analogous

#42C47E #42C4BF #4288C4

triadic

#42C4BF #BF42C4 #C4BF42

tetradic

#42C4BF #7E42C4 #C44247 #88C442

square

#42C4BF #7E42C4 #C44247 #88C442

split-complementary

#42C4BF #C44288 #C47E42

monochromatic

#216A68 #309995 #42C4BF #71D3CF #9FE1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#42C4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C4BF

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C4BF	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.111 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6d2',
    500: '#42c4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c4bf;
$custom-light: #88d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74954,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C4BF

secondary

#CE9496

accent

#4C51DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C4BF

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

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