#42C4C8#42C4C8

#42C4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.111 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C4C8
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 2%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -33.29, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 35.51, 200.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.1052 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.111 198)
XYZ	xyz(32.4074, 44.8046, 61.5726)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C4C8 #C84642

analogous

#42C889 #42C4C8 #4281C8

triadic

#42C4C8 #C842C4 #C4C842

tetradic

#42C4C8 #8942C8 #C84642 #81C842

square

#42C4C8 #8942C8 #C84642 #81C842

split-complementary

#42C4C8 #C84281 #C88942

monochromatic

#206D6F #2E9B9F #42C4C8 #71D3D6 #A1E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#42C4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C4C8

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C4C8	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.111 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6d8',
    500: '#42c4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c4c8;
$custom-light: #88d6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.791,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75263,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.44808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C4C8

secondary

#D09796

accent

#4E4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C4C8

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

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