#42C7C5#42C7C5

#42C7C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7C5
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 197)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -35.55, -9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 36.81, 194.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.1095 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.113 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7437, 46.0326, 59.9720)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7C5 #C74244

analogous

#42C783 #42C7C5 #4286C7

triadic

#42C7C5 #C542C7 #C7C542

tetradic

#42C7C5 #8342C7 #C74244 #86C742

square

#42C7C5 #8342C7 #C74244 #86C742

split-complementary

#42C7C5 #C74286 #C78342

monochromatic

#216E6D #2F9D9C #42C7C5 #71D5D3 #A0E3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42C7C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#42C7C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7C5

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7C5	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d8d6',
    500: '#42c7c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7c5;
$custom-light: #88d8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.098,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75885,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7C5

secondary

#D09596

accent

#4A4CDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7C5

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

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