#42CAC3#42CAC3

#42CAC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.115 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAC3
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 195)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -37.50, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 38.18, 190.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.1134 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.115 190)
XYZ	xyz(33.2131, 47.3357, 59.0055)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAC3 #CA4249

analogous

#42CA7F #42CAC3 #428DCA

triadic

#42CAC3 #C342CA #CAC342

tetradic

#42CAC3 #7F42CA #CA4249 #8DCA42

square

#42CAC3 #7F42CA #CA4249 #8DCA42

split-complementary

#42CAC3 #CA428D #CA7F42

monochromatic

#20726E #2DA29C #42CAC3 #72D7D2 #A2E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CAC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#42CAC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAC3

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAC3	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC0C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.115 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dad5',
    500: '#42cac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cac3;
$custom-light: #89dad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.912,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76545,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.47339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAC3

secondary

#D19699

accent

#4850DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAC3

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

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