#42C2C4#42C2C4

#42C2C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2C4
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 196)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -33.49, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 35.33, 198.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.1049 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.109 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4979, 43.7238, 58.9934)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2C4 #C44442

analogous

#42C485 #42C2C4 #4281C4

triadic

#42C2C4 #C442C2 #C2C442

tetradic

#42C2C4 #8542C4 #C44442 #81C442

square

#42C2C4 #8542C4 #C44442 #81C442

split-complementary

#42C2C4 #C44281 #C48542

monochromatic

#21696A #309799 #42C2C4 #71D1D3 #9FE0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#42C2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2C4

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2C4	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B9C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5d5',
    500: '#42c2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2c4;
$custom-light: #88d5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.923,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7464,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2C4

secondary

#CE9594

accent

#4E4CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2C4

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

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