#42C3C8#42C3C8

#42C3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C3C8
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 2.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -32.82, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 35.23, 201.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.1042 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.11 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1826, 44.3549, 61.4976)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C3C8 #C84742

analogous

#42C88A #42C3C8 #4280C8

triadic

#42C3C8 #C842C3 #C3C842

tetradic

#42C3C8 #8A42C8 #C84742 #80C842

square

#42C3C8 #8A42C8 #C84742 #80C842

split-complementary

#42C3C8 #C84280 #C88A42

monochromatic

#206C6F #2E9A9F #42C3C8 #71D2D6 #A1E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#42C3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C3C8

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C3C8	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5d8',
    500: '#42c3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c3c8;
$custom-light: #88d5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.239,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75022,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C3C8

secondary

#D09896

accent

#4F4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C3C8

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

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