#42D2CB#42D2CB

#42D2CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.120 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2CB
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 203)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -38.94, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 39.68, 191.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.1179 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.12 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0679, 51.5591, 64.5393)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2CB #D24249

analogous

#42D283 #42D2CB #4291D2

triadic

#42D2CB #CB42D2 #D2CB42

tetradic

#42D2CB #8342D2 #D24249 #91D242

square

#42D2CB #8342D2 #D24249 #91D242

split-complementary

#42D2CB #D24291 #D28342

monochromatic

#1E7C77 #29ADA7 #42D2CB #73DED9 #A5EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#42D2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2CB

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2CB	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.120 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae0da',
    500: '#42d2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2cb;
$custom-light: #8ae0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.083,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78743,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2CB

secondary

#843438

accent

#434BE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2CB

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

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