#42CDC7#42CDC7

#42CDC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.117 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDC7
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 199)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -37.77, -7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 38.57, 191.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.1147 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.117 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3822, 48.9405, 61.6562)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDC7 #CD4248

analogous

#42CD81 #42CDC7 #428DCD

triadic

#42CDC7 #C742CD #CDC742

tetradic

#42CDC7 #8142CD #CD4248 #8DCD42

square

#42CDC7 #8142CD #CD4248 #8DCD42

split-complementary

#42CDC7 #CD428D #CD8142

monochromatic

#1F7672 #2CA6A1 #42CDC7 #72DAD5 #A3E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CDC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#42CDC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDC7

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDC7	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.117 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd7',
    500: '#42cdc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdc7;
$custom-light: #89ddd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.41,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77403,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDC7

secondary

#D3979A

accent

#464DE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDC7

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

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