#42C8BE#42C8BE

#42C8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.115 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8BE
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 190)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -37.95, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 38.36, 188.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.1136 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.115 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1910, 46.1809, 55.9225)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8BE #C8424C

analogous

#42C87B #42C8BE #428FC8

triadic

#42C8BE #BE42C8 #C8BE42

tetradic

#42C8BE #7B42C8 #C8424C #8FC842

square

#42C8BE #7B42C8 #C8424C #8FC842

split-complementary

#42C8BE #C8428F #C87B42

monochromatic

#206F69 #2E9F96 #42C8BE #71D6CE #A1E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42C8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#42C8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8BE

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8BE	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.115 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9d1',
    500: '#42c8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8be;
$custom-light: #88d9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.522,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75895,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8BE

secondary

#D0969A

accent

#4A55DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8BE

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

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