#42D0CC#42D0CC

#42D0CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.118 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0CC
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 204)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -37.75, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 38.81, 193.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.1155 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.118 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6968, 50.6255, 65.0054)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0CC #D04246

analogous

#42D085 #42D0CC #428DD0

triadic

#42D0CC #CC42D0 #D0CC42

tetradic

#42D0CC #8542D0 #D04246 #8DD042

square

#42D0CC #8542D0 #D04246 #8DD042

split-complementary

#42D0CC #D0428D #D08542

monochromatic

#1E7977 #2AAAA7 #42D0CC #73DCD9 #A4E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#42D0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0CC

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0CC	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.118 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfdb',
    500: '#42d0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0cc;
$custom-light: #8adfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.31,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78294,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0CC

secondary

#813537

accent

#4449E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0CC

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

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