#42C5BE#42C5BE

#42C5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.112 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C5BE
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -36.57, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 37.22, 190.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.1106 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.112 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5030, 44.8049, 55.6931)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C5BE #C54249

analogous

#42C57D #42C5BE #428BC5

triadic

#42C5BE #BE42C5 #C5BE42

tetradic

#42C5BE #7D42C5 #C54249 #8BC542

square

#42C5BE #7D42C5 #C54249 #8BC542

split-complementary

#42C5BE #C5428B #C57D42

monochromatic

#216C68 #2F9A95 #42C5BE #71D3CE #A0E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#42C5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C5BE

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C5BE	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.112 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7d1',
    500: '#42c5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c5be;
$custom-light: #88d7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.794,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75165,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C5BE

secondary

#CE9598

accent

#4B53DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C5BE

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

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