#42CDC9#42CDC9

#42CDC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.116 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDC9
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 201)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -37.21, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 38.25, 193.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.1138 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.116 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6159, 49.0340, 62.8872)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDC9 #CD4246

analogous

#42CD83 #42CDC9 #428CCD

triadic

#42CDC9 #C942CD #CDC942

tetradic

#42CDC9 #8342CD #CD4246 #8CCD42

square

#42CDC9 #8342CD #CD4246 #8CCD42

split-complementary

#42CDC9 #CD428C #CD8342

monochromatic

#1F7673 #2CA6A2 #42CDC9 #72DAD7 #A3E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#42CDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDC9

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDC9	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.116 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd9',
    500: '#42cdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdc9;
$custom-light: #89ddd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.273,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7747,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDC9

secondary

#D39799

accent

#464BE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDC9

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

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