#42D2CF#42D2CF

#42D2CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.119 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2CF
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 207)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -37.83, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 39.04, 194.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.1162 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.119 193)
XYZ	xyz(36.5507, 51.7522, 67.0822)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2CF #D24245

analogous

#42D287 #42D2CF #428DD2

triadic

#42D2CF #CF42D2 #D2CF42

tetradic

#42D2CF #8742D2 #D24245 #8DD242

square

#42D2CF #8742D2 #D24245 #8DD242

split-complementary

#42D2CF #D2428D #D28742

monochromatic

#1E7C7A #29ADAB #42D2CF #73DEDC #A5EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#42D2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2CF

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2CF	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.119 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be0dd',
    500: '#42d2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2cf;
$custom-light: #8be0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.75,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78875,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.51756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2CF

secondary

#843436

accent

#4347E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2CF

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

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