#42CDC6#42CDC6

#42CDC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.117 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDC6
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 198)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 3.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -38.04, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 38.75, 190.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.1151 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.117 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2664, 48.8942, 61.0467)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDC6 #CD4249

analogous

#42CD80 #42CDC6 #428FCD

triadic

#42CDC6 #C642CD #CDC642

tetradic

#42CDC6 #8042CD #CD4249 #8FCD42

square

#42CDC6 #8042CD #CD4249 #8FCD42

split-complementary

#42CDC6 #CD428F #CD8042

monochromatic

#1F7671 #2CA6A0 #42CDC6 #72DAD5 #A3E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#42CDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDC6

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDC6	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.117 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd7',
    500: '#42cdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdc6;
$custom-light: #89ddd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.978,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7737,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDC6

secondary

#D3979A

accent

#464EE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDC6

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

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