#42CAC2#42CAC2

#42CAC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.115 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAC2
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 194)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -37.77, -6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 38.36, 190.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.1139 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.115 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1004, 47.2906, 58.4120)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAC2 #CA424A

analogous

#42CA7E #42CAC2 #428ECA

triadic

#42CAC2 #C242CA #CAC242

tetradic

#42CAC2 #7E42CA #CA424A #8ECA42

square

#42CAC2 #7E42CA #CA424A #8ECA42

split-complementary

#42CAC2 #CA428E #CA7E42

monochromatic

#20726D #2DA29B #42CAC2 #72D7D1 #A2E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CAC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#42CAC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAC2

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAC2	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC0C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.115 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dad4',
    500: '#42cac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cac2;
$custom-light: #89dad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76512,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAC2

secondary

#D1969A

accent

#4851DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAC2

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

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