#42CFC8#42CFC8

#42CFC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.118 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFC8
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 3.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -38.40, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 39.12, 191.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.1162 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.118 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9801, 49.9500, 62.4301)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFC8 #CF4249

analogous

#42CF81 #42CFC8 #428FCF

triadic

#42CFC8 #C842CF #CFC842

tetradic

#42CFC8 #8142CF #CF4249 #8FCF42

square

#42CFC8 #8142CF #CF4249 #8FCF42

split-complementary

#42CFC8 #CF428F #CF8142

monochromatic

#1F7874 #2BA9A3 #42CFC8 #73DBD6 #A4E8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42CFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#42CFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFC8

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFC8	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.118 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aded8',
    500: '#42cfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfc8;
$custom-light: #8aded8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.021,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7792,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFC8

secondary

#D5989B

accent

#454DE3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFC8

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

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