#42C8C3#42C8C3

#42C8C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8C3
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 195)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 2.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -36.58, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 37.46, 192.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.1114 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.114 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7469, 46.4032, 58.8500)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8C3 #C84247

analogous

#42C880 #42C8C3 #428AC8

triadic

#42C8C3 #C342C8 #C8C342

tetradic

#42C8C3 #8042C8 #C84247 #8AC842

square

#42C8C3 #8042C8 #C84247 #8AC842

split-complementary

#42C8C3 #C8428A #C88042

monochromatic

#206F6C #2E9F9A #42C8C3 #71D6D2 #A1E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42C8C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#42C8C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8C3

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8C3	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9d5',
    500: '#42c8c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8c3;
$custom-light: #88d9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.761,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76059,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8C3

secondary

#D09698

accent

#4A4FDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8C3

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

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