#42CFC4#42CFC4

#42CFC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.119 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFC4
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 196)
HSL	hsl(175, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -39.50, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 39.87, 187.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.118 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.119 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5188, 49.7655, 60.0003)
Luminance	0.4977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFC4 #CF424D

analogous

#42CF7D #42CFC4 #4293CF

triadic

#42CFC4 #C442CF #CFC442

tetradic

#42CFC4 #7D42CF #CF424D #93CF42

square

#42CFC4 #7D42CF #CF424D #93CF42

split-complementary

#42CFC4 #CF4293 #CF7D42

monochromatic

#1F7871 #2BA99F #42CFC4 #73DBD3 #A4E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CFC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#42CFC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFC4

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFC4	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.119 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ded5',
    500: '#42cfc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfc4;
$custom-light: #89ded5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.319,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7779,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFC4

secondary

#D5989D

accent

#4551E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFC4

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

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