#42C5BD#42C5BD

#42C5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.112 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C5BD
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -36.85, -6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 37.40, 189.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.111 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.112 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3941, 44.7613, 55.1195)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C5BD #C5424A

analogous

#42C57C #42C5BD #428CC5

triadic

#42C5BD #BD42C5 #C5BD42

tetradic

#42C5BD #7C42C5 #C5424A #8CC542

square

#42C5BD #7C42C5 #C5424A #8CC542

split-complementary

#42C5BD #C5428C #C57C42

monochromatic

#216C67 #2F9A94 #42C5BD #71D3CD #A0E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#42C5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C5BD

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C5BD	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.112 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7d0',
    500: '#42c5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c5bd;
$custom-light: #88d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.336,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75132,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C5BD

secondary

#CE9598

accent

#4B54DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C5BD

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

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