#42C3C2#42C3C2

#42C3C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C3C2
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 194)
HSL	hsl(180, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -34.53, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 35.89, 195.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.1068 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.11 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4951, 44.0799, 57.8769)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C3C2 #C34243

analogous

#42C381 #42C3C2 #4283C3

triadic

#42C3C2 #C242C3 #C3C242

tetradic

#42C3C2 #8142C3 #C34243 #83C342

square

#42C3C2 #8142C3 #C34243 #83C342

split-complementary

#42C3C2 #C34283 #C38142

monochromatic

#216969 #309897 #42C3C2 #70D2D1 #9FE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C3C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#42C3C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C3C2

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C3C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C3C2	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)

#B7BAC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c3c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5d4',
    500: '#42c3c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c3c2;
$custom-light: #88d5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c3c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.535,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74813,
    "c": 0.1102,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C3C2

secondary

#CD9494

accent

#4D4EDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C3C2

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

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