#42B7CD#42B7CD

#42B7CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.107 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B7CD
RGB	rgb(66, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -25.47, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 32.81, 219.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.09 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.107 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1951, 39.4296, 63.7651)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B7CD #CD5842

analogous

#42CD9D #42B7CD #4272CD

triadic

#42B7CD #CD42B7 #B7CD42

tetradic

#42B7CD #9D42CD #CD5842 #72CD42

square

#42B7CD #9D42CD #CD5842 #72CD42

split-complementary

#42B7CD #CD4272 #CD9D42

monochromatic

#1F6876 #2C93A6 #42B7CD #72C9DA #A3DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#42B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#42B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B7CD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B7CD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.107 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cddc',
    500: '#42b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b7cd;
$custom-light: #88cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.496,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72329,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B7CD

secondary

#D3A197

accent

#5F46E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B7CD

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

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