#42CAC5#42CAC5

#42CAC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAC5
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 197)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -36.94, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 37.84, 192.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.1125 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.115 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4407, 47.4267, 60.2044)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAC5 #CA4247

analogous

#42CA81 #42CAC5 #428BCA

triadic

#42CAC5 #C542CA #CAC542

tetradic

#42CAC5 #8142CA #CA4247 #8BCA42

square

#42CAC5 #8142CA #CA4247 #8BCA42

split-complementary

#42CAC5 #CA428B #CA8142

monochromatic

#20726F #2DA29D #42CAC5 #72D7D4 #A2E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#42CAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAC5

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAC5	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dad6',
    500: '#42cac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cac5;
$custom-light: #89dad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.794,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76611,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAC5

secondary

#D19699

accent

#484EDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAC5

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

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