#42C8BA#42C8BA

#42C8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8BA
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 186)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 7%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -39.03, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 39.20, 185.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.1154 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.116 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7598, 46.0084, 53.6515)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8BA #C84250

analogous

#42C877 #42C8BA #4293C8

triadic

#42C8BA #BA42C8 #C8BA42

tetradic

#42C8BA #7742C8 #C84250 #93C842

square

#42C8BA #7742C8 #C84250 #93C842

split-complementary

#42C8BA #C84293 #C87742

monochromatic

#206F67 #2E9F93 #42C8BA #71D6CB #A1E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42C8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#42C8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8BA

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8BA	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9ce',
    500: '#42c8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8ba;
$custom-light: #88d9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.731,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75767,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8BA

secondary

#D0969C

accent

#4A59DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8BA

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

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