#42C2C9#42C2C9

#42C2C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2C9
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 201)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 3.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -32.05, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 34.87, 203.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.1028 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.11 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0765, 43.9552, 62.0407)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2C9 #C94942

analogous

#42C98C #42C2C9 #427FC9

triadic

#42C2C9 #C942C2 #C2C942

tetradic

#42C2C9 #8C42C9 #C94942 #7FC942

square

#42C2C9 #8C42C9 #C94942 #7FC942

split-complementary

#42C2C9 #C9427F #C98C42

monochromatic

#206C70 #2E9AA0 #42C2C9 #72D1D7 #A1E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#42C2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2C9

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2C9	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5d9',
    500: '#42c2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2c9;
$custom-light: #88d5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74817,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2C9

secondary

#D19996

accent

#5149DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2C9

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

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