#42C8C2#42C8C2

#42C8C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.114 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8C2
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 194)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 3%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -36.85, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 37.62, 191.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.1118 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.114 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6342, 46.3581, 58.2566)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8C2 #C84248

analogous

#42C87F #42C8C2 #428BC8

triadic

#42C8C2 #C242C8 #C8C242

tetradic

#42C8C2 #7F42C8 #C84248 #8BC842

square

#42C8C2 #7F42C8 #C84248 #8BC842

split-complementary

#42C8C2 #C8428B #C87F42

monochromatic

#206F6C #2E9F9A #42C8C2 #71D6D1 #A1E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42C8C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#42C8C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8C2

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8C2	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.114 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9d4',
    500: '#42c8c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8c2;
$custom-light: #88d9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.313,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76026,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8C2

secondary

#D09698

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8C2

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

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