#42CAC4#42CAC4

#42CAC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAC4
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 196)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -37.22, -7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 38.01, 191.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.113 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.115 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3265, 47.3810, 59.6029)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAC4 #CA4248

analogous

#42CA80 #42CAC4 #428CCA

triadic

#42CAC4 #C442CA #CAC442

tetradic

#42CAC4 #8042CA #CA4248 #8CCA42

square

#42CAC4 #8042CA #CA4248 #8CCA42

split-complementary

#42CAC4 #CA428C #CA8042

monochromatic

#20726E #2DA29C #42CAC4 #72D7D3 #A2E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#42CAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAC4

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAC4	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dad5',
    500: '#42cac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cac4;
$custom-light: #89dad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76578,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAC4

secondary

#D19699

accent

#484FDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAC4

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

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