#42C7BD#42C7BD

#42C7BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.114 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7BD
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -37.77, -5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 38.17, 188.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.113 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.114 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8513, 45.6756, 55.2719)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7BD #C7424C

analogous

#42C77B #42C7BD #428EC7

triadic

#42C7BD #BD42C7 #C7BD42

tetradic

#42C7BD #7B42C7 #C7424C #8EC742

square

#42C7BD #7B42C7 #C7424C #8EC742

split-complementary

#42C7BD #C7428E #C77B42

monochromatic

#216E68 #2F9D95 #42C7BD #71D5CD #A0E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42C7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#42C7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7BD

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7BD	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.114 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d8d0',
    500: '#42c7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7bd;
$custom-light: #88d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.489,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75619,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7BD

secondary

#D0959A

accent

#4A55DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7BD

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

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