#42C8BD#42C8BD

#42C8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.115 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8BD
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -38.22, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 38.56, 187.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.114 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.115 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0821, 46.1373, 55.3488)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8BD #C8424D

analogous

#42C87A #42C8BD #4290C8

triadic

#42C8BD #BD42C8 #C8BD42

tetradic

#42C8BD #7A42C8 #C8424D #90C842

square

#42C8BD #7A42C8 #C8424D #90C842

split-complementary

#42C8BD #C84290 #C87A42

monochromatic

#206F69 #2E9F95 #42C8BD #71D6CE #A1E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42C8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#42C8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8BD

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8BD	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.115 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9d0',
    500: '#42c8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8bd;
$custom-light: #88d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.075,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75863,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8BD

secondary

#D0969A

accent

#4A56DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8BD

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

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