#42C6BB#42C6BB

#42C6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C6BB
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 187)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -37.85, -4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 38.18, 187.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.1129 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.114 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4063, 45.1307, 54.0600)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C6BB #C6424D

analogous

#42C679 #42C6BB #428FC6

triadic

#42C6BB #BB42C6 #C6BB42

tetradic

#42C6BB #7942C6 #C6424D #8FC642

square

#42C6BB #7942C6 #C6424D #8FC642

split-complementary

#42C6BB #C6428F #C67942

monochromatic

#216D66 #2F9C93 #42C6BB #71D4CC #A0E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42C6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#42C6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C6BB

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C6BB	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d8cf',
    500: '#42c6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c6bb;
$custom-light: #88d8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75311,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C6BB

secondary

#CF959A

accent

#4B57DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C6BB

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

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