#42C7C8#42C7C8

#42C7C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7C8
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -34.71, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 36.41, 197.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.1082 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.112 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0908, 46.1715, 61.8004)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7C8 #C84342

analogous

#42C886 #42C7C8 #4284C8

triadic

#42C7C8 #C842C7 #C7C842

tetradic

#42C7C8 #8642C8 #C84342 #84C842

square

#42C7C8 #8642C8 #C84342 #84C842

split-complementary

#42C7C8 #C84284 #C88642

monochromatic

#206F6F #2E9E9F #42C7C8 #71D5D6 #A1E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42C7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#42C7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7C8

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7C8	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8d8',
    500: '#42c7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7c8;
$custom-light: #89d8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.448,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75987,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7C8

secondary

#D09696

accent

#4B4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7C8

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

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