#42CFC1#42CFC1

#42CFC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.120 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFC1
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 193)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 6.8%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -40.31, -3.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 40.50, 185.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.1193 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.12 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1807, 49.6302, 58.2199)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFC1 #CF4250

analogous

#42CF7A #42CFC1 #4296CF

triadic

#42CFC1 #C142CF #CFC142

tetradic

#42CFC1 #7A42CF #CF4250 #96CF42

square

#42CFC1 #7A42CF #CF4250 #96CF42

split-complementary

#42CFC1 #CF4296 #CF7A42

monochromatic

#1F786F #2BA99C #42CFC1 #73DBD1 #A4E8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CFC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#42CFC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFC1

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFC1	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C4C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.120 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ded3',
    500: '#42cfc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfc1;
$custom-light: #89ded3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.043,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77695,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFC1

secondary

#D5989E

accent

#4555E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFC1

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

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