#42CDC2#42CDC2

#42CDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.118 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDC2
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -39.14, -5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 39.50, 187.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.1169 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.118 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8112, 48.7121, 58.6489)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDC2 #CD424D

analogous

#42CD7C #42CDC2 #4292CD

triadic

#42CDC2 #C242CD #CDC242

tetradic

#42CDC2 #7C42CD #CD424D #92CD42

square

#42CDC2 #7C42CD #CD424D #92CD42

split-complementary

#42CDC2 #CD4292 #CD7C42

monochromatic

#1F766F #2CA69C #42CDC2 #72DAD2 #A3E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#42CDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDC2

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDC2	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C2C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.118 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd4',
    500: '#42cdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdc2;
$custom-light: #89ddd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.252,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7724,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDC2

secondary

#D3979C

accent

#4653E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDC2

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

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