#42C7C2#42C7C2

#42C7C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7C2
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 194)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 2.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -36.39, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 37.26, 192.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.1108 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.113 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4034, 45.8965, 58.1796)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7C2 #C74247

analogous

#42C77F #42C7C2 #428AC7

triadic

#42C7C2 #C242C7 #C7C242

tetradic

#42C7C2 #7F42C7 #C74247 #8AC742

square

#42C7C2 #7F42C7 #C74247 #8AC742

split-complementary

#42C7C2 #C7428A #C77F42

monochromatic

#216E6B #2F9D99 #42C7C2 #71D5D1 #A0E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42C7C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#42C7C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7C2

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7C2	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d8d4',
    500: '#42c7c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7c2;
$custom-light: #88d8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.744,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75784,
    "c": 0.11306,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7C2

secondary

#D09597

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7C2

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

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