#42C7C7#42C7C7

#42C7C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.113 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7C7
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 199)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -34.99, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 36.54, 196.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.1087 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.113 195)
XYZ	xyz(32.9744, 46.1249, 61.1869)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7C7 #C74242

analogous

#42C785 #42C7C7 #4285C7

triadic

#42C7C7 #C742C7 #C7C742

tetradic

#42C7C7 #8542C7 #C74242 #85C742

square

#42C7C7 #8542C7 #C74242 #85C742

split-complementary

#42C7C7 #C74285 #C78542

monochromatic

#216E6E #2F9D9D #42C7C7 #71D5D5 #A0E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42C7C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#42C7C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7C7

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7C7	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABEC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.113 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8d8',
    500: '#42c7c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7c7;
$custom-light: #89d8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75953,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.46129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7C7

secondary

#D09595

accent

#4A4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7C7

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

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