#42C2C8#42C2C8

#42C2C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2C8
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 200)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 3%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -32.34, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 34.95, 202.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.1032 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.11 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9593, 43.9083, 61.4232)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2C8 #C84842

analogous

#42C88B #42C2C8 #427FC8

triadic

#42C2C8 #C842C2 #C2C842

tetradic

#42C2C8 #8B42C8 #C84842 #7FC842

square

#42C2C8 #8B42C8 #C84842 #7FC842

split-complementary

#42C2C8 #C8427F #C88B42

monochromatic

#206C6F #2E9A9F #42C2C8 #71D1D6 #A1E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#42C2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2C8

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2C8	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5d8',
    500: '#42c2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2c8;
$custom-light: #88d5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.687,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74781,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2C8

secondary

#D09896

accent

#504ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2C8

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

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