#42CDC4#42CDC4

#42CDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.117 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDC4
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 196)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -38.59, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 39.11, 189.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.116 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.117 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0373, 48.8025, 59.8398)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDC4 #CD424B

analogous

#42CD7E #42CDC4 #4290CD

triadic

#42CDC4 #C442CD #CDC442

tetradic

#42CDC4 #7E42CD #CD424B #90CD42

square

#42CDC4 #7E42CD #CD424B #90CD42

split-complementary

#42CDC4 #CD4290 #CD7E42

monochromatic

#1F7670 #2CA69E #42CDC4 #72DAD3 #A3E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#42CDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDC4

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDC4	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.117 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd5',
    500: '#42cdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdc4;
$custom-light: #89ddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.115,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77305,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDC4

secondary

#D3979B

accent

#4650E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDC4

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

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