#42CDC8#42CDC8

#42CDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.117 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDC8
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -37.49, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 38.41, 192.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.1142 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.117 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4987, 48.9871, 62.2697)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDC8 #CD4247

analogous

#42CD82 #42CDC8 #428CCD

triadic

#42CDC8 #C842CD #CDC842

tetradic

#42CDC8 #8242CD #CD4247 #8CCD42

square

#42CDC8 #8242CD #CD4247 #8CCD42

split-complementary

#42CDC8 #CD428C #CD8242

monochromatic

#1F7672 #2CA6A2 #42CDC8 #72DAD6 #A3E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#42CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDC8

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDC8	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.117 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd8',
    500: '#42cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdc8;
$custom-light: #89ddd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.842,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77437,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDC8

secondary

#D3979A

accent

#464CE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDC8

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

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