#42C7C3#42C7C3

#42C7C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7C3
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 195)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -36.11, -8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 37.10, 193.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.1104 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.113 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5160, 45.9415, 58.7731)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7C3 #C74246

analogous

#42C780 #42C7C3 #4289C7

triadic

#42C7C3 #C342C7 #C7C342

tetradic

#42C7C3 #8042C7 #C74246 #89C742

square

#42C7C3 #8042C7 #C74246 #89C742

split-complementary

#42C7C3 #C74289 #C78042

monochromatic

#216E6C #2F9D9A #42C7C3 #71D5D2 #A0E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42C7C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#42C7C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7C3

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7C3	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d8d5',
    500: '#42c7c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7c3;
$custom-light: #88d8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.195,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75817,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7C3

secondary

#D09597

accent

#4A4FDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7C3

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

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