#42C8B7#42C8B7

#42C8B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8B7
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 183)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 8.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -39.83, -2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 39.89, 182.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.1167 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.117 183)
XYZ	xyz(31.4443, 45.8822, 51.9895)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8B7 #C84253

analogous

#42C874 #42C8B7 #4296C8

triadic

#42C8B7 #B742C8 #C8B742

tetradic

#42C8B7 #7442C8 #C84253 #96C842

square

#42C8B7 #7442C8 #C84253 #96C842

split-complementary

#42C8B7 #C84296 #C87442

monochromatic

#206F65 #2E9F90 #42C8B7 #71D6C9 #A1E4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42C8B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#42C8B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8B7

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8B7	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9cc',
    500: '#42c8b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8b7;
$custom-light: #88d9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.388,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75673,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.45886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8B7

secondary

#D0969D

accent

#4A5CDE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8B7

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

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