#42CFC7#42CFC7

#42CFC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.118 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFC7
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 199)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 3.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -38.68, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 39.30, 190.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.1167 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.118 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8636, 49.9034, 61.8167)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFC7 #CF424A

analogous

#42CF80 #42CFC7 #4290CF

triadic

#42CFC7 #C742CF #CFC742

tetradic

#42CFC7 #8042CF #CF424A #90CF42

square

#42CFC7 #8042CF #CF424A #90CF42

split-complementary

#42CFC7 #CF4290 #CF8042

monochromatic

#1F7873 #2BA9A2 #42CFC7 #73DBD5 #A4E8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42CFC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#42CFC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFC7

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFC7	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.118 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aded7',
    500: '#42cfc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfc7;
$custom-light: #8aded7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.596,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77887,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFC7

secondary

#D5989C

accent

#454EE3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFC7

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

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