#42CFC3#42CFC3

#42CFC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.119 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFC3
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 195)
HSL	hsl(175, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 5.8%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -39.77, -4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 40.08, 187.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.1184 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.119 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4053, 49.7201, 59.4029)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFC3 #CF424E

analogous

#42CF7C #42CFC3 #4294CF

triadic

#42CFC3 #C342CF #CFC342

tetradic

#42CFC3 #7C42CF #CF424E #94CF42

square

#42CFC3 #7C42CF #CF424E #94CF42

split-complementary

#42CFC3 #CF4294 #CF7C42

monochromatic

#1F7870 #2BA99E #42CFC3 #73DBD2 #A4E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CFC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#42CFC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFC3

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFC3	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)

#C4C4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B5C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.119 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ded5',
    500: '#42cfc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfc3;
$custom-light: #89ded5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.894,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77758,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFC3

secondary

#D5989D

accent

#4553E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFC3

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

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