#42C6BE#42C6BE

#42C6BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C6BE
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 190)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 4%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -37.03, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 37.59, 189.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.1116 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.113 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7309, 45.2605, 55.7691)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C6BE #C6424A

analogous

#42C67C #42C6BE #428CC6

triadic

#42C6BE #BE42C6 #C6BE42

tetradic

#42C6BE #7C42C6 #C6424A #8CC642

square

#42C6BE #7C42C6 #C6424A #8CC642

split-complementary

#42C6BE #C6428C #C67C42

monochromatic

#216D68 #2F9C95 #42C6BE #71D4CE #A0E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42C6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#42C6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C6BE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C6BE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d8d1',
    500: '#42c6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c6be;
$custom-light: #88d8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.364,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75408,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C6BE

secondary

#CF9598

accent

#4B54DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C6BE

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

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