#42CFCD#42CFCD

#42CFCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFCD
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 205)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -37.02, -9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 38.33, 195.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.1141 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.117 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5740, 50.1876, 65.5581)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFCD #CF4244

analogous

#42CF86 #42CFCD #428ACF

triadic

#42CFCD #CD42CF #CFCD42

tetradic

#42CFCD #8642CF #CF4244 #8ACF42

square

#42CFCD #8642CF #CF4244 #8ACF42

split-complementary

#42CFCD #CF428A #CF8642

monochromatic

#1F7877 #2BA9A7 #42CFCD #73DBDA #A4E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42CFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#42CFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFCD

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFCD	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adedc',
    500: '#42cfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfcd;
$custom-light: #8adedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.149,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78087,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFCD

secondary

#803536

accent

#4547E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFCD

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

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