#42D0CF#42D0CF

#42D0CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.118 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0CF
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 207)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -36.91, -10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 38.38, 195.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.1142 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.118 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0600, 50.7708, 66.9187)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0CF #D04243

analogous

#42D088 #42D0CF #428AD0

triadic

#42D0CF #CF42D0 #D0CF42

tetradic

#42D0CF #8842D0 #D04243 #8AD042

square

#42D0CF #8842D0 #D04243 #8AD042

split-complementary

#42D0CF #D0428A #D08842

monochromatic

#1E7979 #2AAAAA #42D0CF #73DCDB #A4E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#42D0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0CF

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0CF	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.118 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfdd',
    500: '#42d0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0cf;
$custom-light: #8adfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.577,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78395,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0CF

secondary

#813535

accent

#4446E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0CF

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

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