#42C2C5#42C2C5

#42C2C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.109 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2C5
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 197)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -33.21, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 35.22, 199.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.1045 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.109 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6121, 43.7695, 59.5948)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2C5 #C54542

analogous

#42C587 #42C2C5 #4281C5

triadic

#42C2C5 #C542C2 #C2C542

tetradic

#42C2C5 #8742C5 #C54542 #81C542

square

#42C2C5 #8742C5 #C54542 #81C542

split-complementary

#42C2C5 #C54281 #C58742

monochromatic

#216A6C #2F989A #42C2C5 #71D1D3 #A0E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#42C2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2C5

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2C5	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)

#B5B9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.109 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5d6',
    500: '#42c2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2c5;
$custom-light: #88d5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.374,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74675,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2C5

secondary

#CE9695

accent

#4F4BDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2C5

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

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