#42D2CC#42D2CC

#42D2CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.120 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2CC
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 204)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 2.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -38.67, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 39.51, 191.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.1175 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.12 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1874, 51.6069, 65.1690)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2CC #D24248

analogous

#42D284 #42D2CC #4290D2

triadic

#42D2CC #CC42D2 #D2CC42

tetradic

#42D2CC #8442D2 #D24248 #90D242

square

#42D2CC #8442D2 #D24248 #90D242

split-complementary

#42D2CC #D24290 #D28442

monochromatic

#1E7C78 #29ADA8 #42D2CC #73DED9 #A5EAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#42D2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2CC

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2CC	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.120 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae0db',
    500: '#42d2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2cc;
$custom-light: #8ae0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78776,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2CC

secondary

#843438

accent

#434AE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2CC

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

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