#42CDC3#42CDC3

#42CDC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.118 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDC3
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 195)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 4.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -38.86, -5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 39.30, 188.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.1164 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.118 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9239, 48.7571, 59.2424)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDC3 #CD424C

analogous

#42CD7D #42CDC3 #4292CD

triadic

#42CDC3 #C342CD #CDC342

tetradic

#42CDC3 #7D42CD #CD424C #92CD42

square

#42CDC3 #7D42CD #CD424C #92CD42

split-complementary

#42CDC3 #CD4292 #CD7D42

monochromatic

#1F766F #2CA69D #42CDC3 #72DAD2 #A3E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#42CDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDC3

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDC3	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C2C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.118 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd5',
    500: '#42cdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdc3;
$custom-light: #89ddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.683,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77273,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDC3

secondary

#D3979C

accent

#4652E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDC3

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

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