#42C7CA#42C7CA

#42C7CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.112 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7CA
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -34.14, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 36.19, 199.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.1074 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.112 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3261, 46.2656, 63.0394)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7CA #CA4542

analogous

#42CA89 #42C7CA #4283CA

triadic

#42C7CA #CA42C7 #C7CA42

tetradic

#42C7CA #8942CA #CA4542 #83CA42

square

#42C7CA #8942CA #CA4542 #83CA42

split-complementary

#42C7CA #CA4283 #CA8942

monochromatic

#207072 #2D9FA2 #42C7CA #72D5D7 #A2E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42C7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#42C7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7CA

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7CA	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.112 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8da',
    500: '#42c7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7ca;
$custom-light: #89d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.324,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76057,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7CA

secondary

#D19896

accent

#4C48DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7CA

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

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