#42C6C2#42C6C2

#42C6C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.112 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C6C2
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 194)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -35.93, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 36.91, 193.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.1098 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.112 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1740, 45.4378, 58.1032)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C6C2 #C64246

analogous

#42C680 #42C6C2 #4288C6

triadic

#42C6C2 #C242C6 #C6C242

tetradic

#42C6C2 #8042C6 #C64246 #88C642

square

#42C6C2 #8042C6 #C64246 #88C642

split-complementary

#42C6C2 #C64288 #C68042

monochromatic

#216D6A #2F9C99 #42C6C2 #71D4D1 #A0E2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42C6C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#42C6C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C6C2

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C6C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C6C2	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABCC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c6c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.112 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d8d4',
    500: '#42c6c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c6c2;
$custom-light: #88d8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c6c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.182,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75541,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C6C2

secondary

#CF9597

accent

#4B4FDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C6C2

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

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