#42CDC1#42CDC1

#42CDC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.118 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDC1
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 193)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 5.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -39.41, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 39.71, 187.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.1173 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.118 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6992, 48.6673, 58.0594)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDC1 #CD424E

analogous

#42CD7B #42CDC1 #4293CD

triadic

#42CDC1 #C142CD #CDC142

tetradic

#42CDC1 #7B42CD #CD424E #93CD42

square

#42CDC1 #7B42CD #CD424E #93CD42

split-complementary

#42CDC1 #CD4293 #CD7B42

monochromatic

#1F766E #2CA69B #42CDC1 #72DAD1 #A3E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CDC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#42CDC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDC1

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDC1	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.118 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd3',
    500: '#42cdc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdc1;
$custom-light: #89ddd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.82,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77208,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDC1

secondary

#D3979D

accent

#4654E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDC1

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

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