#42CFCE#42CFCE

#42CFCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFCE
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -36.73, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 38.19, 195.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.1136 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.117 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6951, 50.2360, 66.1958)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFCE #CF4243

analogous

#42CF87 #42CFCE #428ACF

triadic

#42CFCE #CE42CF #CFCE42

tetradic

#42CFCE #8742CF #CF4243 #8ACF42

square

#42CFCE #8742CF #CF4243 #8ACF42

split-complementary

#42CFCE #CF428A #CF8742

monochromatic

#1F7877 #2BA9A8 #42CFCE #73DBDB #A4E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42CFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#42CFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFCE

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFCE	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 194.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.574,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7812,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFCE

secondary

#803535

accent

#4546E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFCE

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

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