#42C9BE#42C9BE

#42C9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.116 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C9BE
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -38.41, -5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 38.75, 187.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.1146 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.116 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4234, 46.6456, 55.9999)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C9BE #C9424D

analogous

#42C97A #42C9BE #4291C9

triadic

#42C9BE #BE42C9 #C9BE42

tetradic

#42C9BE #7A42C9 #C9424D #91C942

square

#42C9BE #7A42C9 #C9424D #91C942

split-complementary

#42C9BE #C94291 #C97A42

monochromatic

#20706A #2EA097 #42C9BE #72D7CE #A1E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42C9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#42C9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C9BE

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C9BE	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.116 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dad1',
    500: '#42c9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c9be;
$custom-light: #88dad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76139,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C9BE

secondary

#D1969B

accent

#4955DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C9BE

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

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