#42C4C9#42C4C9

#42C4C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.111 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C4C9
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 201)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -33.01, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 35.42, 201.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.1048 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.111 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5246, 44.8515, 62.1901)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C4C9 #C94742

analogous

#42C98A #42C4C9 #4281C9

triadic

#42C4C9 #C942C4 #C4C942

tetradic

#42C4C9 #8A42C9 #C94742 #81C942

square

#42C4C9 #8A42C9 #C94742 #81C942

split-complementary

#42C4C9 #C94281 #C98A42

monochromatic

#206D70 #2E9CA0 #42C4C9 #72D3D7 #A1E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#42C4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C4C9

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C4C9	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.111 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6d9',
    500: '#42c4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c4c9;
$custom-light: #88d6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75299,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C4C9

secondary

#D19896

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C4C9

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

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