#42C8B1#42C8B1

#42C8B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8B1
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 177)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 11.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -41.40, 0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 41.41, 178.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.1194 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.119 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8330, 45.6377, 48.7704)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8B1 #C84259

analogous

#42C86E #42C8B1 #429CC8

triadic

#42C8B1 #B142C8 #C8B142

tetradic

#42C8B1 #6E42C8 #C84259 #9CC842

square

#42C8B1 #6E42C8 #C84259 #9CC842

split-complementary

#42C8B1 #C8429C #C86E42

monochromatic

#206F62 #2E9F8B #42C8B1 #71D6C5 #A1E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42C8B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#42C8B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8B1

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8B1	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c8',
    500: '#42c8b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8b1;
$custom-light: #87d9c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.701,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75491,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8B1

secondary

#D096A0

accent

#4A63DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8B1

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

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