#42CFC6#42CFC6

#42CFC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.119 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFC6
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 198)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -38.95, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 39.49, 189.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.1171 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.119 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7479, 49.8571, 61.2072)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFC6 #CF424B

analogous

#42CF7F #42CFC6 #4291CF

triadic

#42CFC6 #C642CF #CFC642

tetradic

#42CFC6 #7F42CF #CF424B #91CF42

square

#42CFC6 #7F42CF #CF424B #91CF42

split-complementary

#42CFC6 #CF4291 #CF7F42

monochromatic

#1F7872 #2BA9A1 #42CFC6 #73DBD5 #A4E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42CFC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#42CFC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFC6

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFC6	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.119 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ded7',
    500: '#42cfc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfc6;
$custom-light: #89ded7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.17,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77855,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFC6

secondary

#D5989C

accent

#454FE3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFC6

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

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