#42C0C8#42C0C8

#42C0C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C0C8
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 4%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -31.39, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 34.42, 204.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.1012 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.109 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5172, 43.0241, 61.2758)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C0C8 #C84A42

analogous

#42C88D #42C0C8 #427DC8

triadic

#42C0C8 #C842C0 #C0C842

tetradic

#42C0C8 #8D42C8 #C84A42 #7DC842

square

#42C0C8 #8D42C8 #C84A42 #7DC842

split-complementary

#42C0C8 #C8427D #C88D42

monochromatic

#206B6F #2E989F #42C0C8 #71D0D6 #A1E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#42C0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C0C8

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C0C8	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3d8',
    500: '#42c0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c0c8;
$custom-light: #88d3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.582,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74299,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C0C8

secondary

#D09996

accent

#524ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C0C8

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

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