#42C7BE#42C7BE

#42C7BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.114 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7BE
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 190)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 4.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -37.49, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 37.97, 189.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.1126 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.114 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9602, 45.7192, 55.8455)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7BE #C7424B

analogous

#42C77C #42C7BE #428EC7

triadic

#42C7BE #BE42C7 #C7BE42

tetradic

#42C7BE #7C42C7 #C7424B #8EC742

square

#42C7BE #7C42C7 #C7424B #8EC742

split-complementary

#42C7BE #C7428E #C77C42

monochromatic

#216E69 #2F9D96 #42C7BE #71D5CE #A0E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42C7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#42C7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7BE

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7BE	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)

#BCBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.114 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d8d1',
    500: '#42c7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7be;
$custom-light: #88d8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.94,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75652,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7BE

secondary

#D09599

accent

#4A54DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7BE

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

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