#42C8B0#42C8B0

#42C8B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8B0
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 176)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 12%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -41.66, 1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 41.68, 177.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.1199 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.12 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7337, 45.5979, 48.2474)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8B0 #C8425A

analogous

#42C86D #42C8B0 #429DC8

triadic

#42C8B0 #B042C8 #C8B042

tetradic

#42C8B0 #6D42C8 #C8425A #9DC842

square

#42C8B0 #6D42C8 #C8425A #9DC842

split-complementary

#42C8B0 #C8429D #C86D42

monochromatic

#206F61 #2E9F8A #42C8B0 #71D6C4 #A1E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42C8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#42C8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8B0

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8B0	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c7',
    500: '#42c8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8b0;
$custom-light: #87d9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.254,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75461,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8B0

secondary

#D096A0

accent

#4A64DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8B0

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

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