#42CFCC#42CFCC

#42CFCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFCC
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -37.29, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 38.47, 194.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.1145 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.117 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4537, 50.1394, 64.9244)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFCC #CF4245

analogous

#42CF85 #42CFCC #428BCF

triadic

#42CFCC #CC42CF #CFCC42

tetradic

#42CFCC #8542CF #CF4245 #8BCF42

square

#42CFCC #8542CF #CF4245 #8BCF42

split-complementary

#42CFCC #CF428B #CF8542

monochromatic

#1F7876 #2BA9A6 #42CFCC #73DBD9 #A4E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42CFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#42CFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFCC

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFCC	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adedb',
    500: '#42cfcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfcc;
$custom-light: #8adedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.723,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78053,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFCC

secondary

#803536

accent

#4548E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFCC

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

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