#42CFC2#42CFC2

#42CFC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.120 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFC2
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 194)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 6.3%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -40.04, -4.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 40.29, 186.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.1189 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.12 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2926, 49.6750, 58.8094)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFC2 #CF424F

analogous

#42CF7B #42CFC2 #4295CF

triadic

#42CFC2 #C242CF #CFC242

tetradic

#42CFC2 #7B42CF #CF424F #95CF42

square

#42CFC2 #7B42CF #CF424F #95CF42

split-complementary

#42CFC2 #CF4295 #CF7B42

monochromatic

#1F7870 #2BA99D #42CFC2 #73DBD2 #A4E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CFC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#42CFC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFC2

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFC2	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.120 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ded4',
    500: '#42cfc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfc2;
$custom-light: #89ded4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.468,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77726,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFC2

secondary

#D5989E

accent

#4554E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFC2

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

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