#42CFC5#42CFC5

#42CFC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.119 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFC5
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 197)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 4.8%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -39.22, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 39.68, 188.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.1176 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.119 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6330, 49.8111, 60.6018)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFC5 #CF424C

analogous

#42CF7E #42CFC5 #4292CF

triadic

#42CFC5 #C542CF #CFC542

tetradic

#42CFC5 #7E42CF #CF424C #92CF42

square

#42CFC5 #7E42CF #CF424C #92CF42

split-complementary

#42CFC5 #CF4292 #CF7E42

monochromatic

#1F7872 #2BA9A0 #42CFC5 #73DBD4 #A4E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#42CFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFC5

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFC5	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.119 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ded6',
    500: '#42cfc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfc5;
$custom-light: #89ded6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.745,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77822,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFC5

secondary

#D5989C

accent

#4550E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFC5

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

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