#42C2CC#42C2CC

#42C2CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2CC
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -31.18, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 34.70, 206.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.1015 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.11 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4329, 44.0978, 63.9175)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2CC #CC4C42

analogous

#42CC91 #42C2CC #427DCC

triadic

#42C2CC #CC42C2 #C2CC42

tetradic

#42C2CC #9142CC #CC4C42 #7DCC42

square

#42C2CC #9142CC #CC4C42 #7DCC42

split-complementary

#42C2CC #CC427D #CC9142

monochromatic

#1F6E74 #2C9CA4 #42C2CC #72D2D9 #A2E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#42C2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2CC

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2CC	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5db',
    500: '#42c2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2cc;
$custom-light: #88d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74926,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2CC

secondary

#D39B97

accent

#5247E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2CC

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

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