#42C0D2#42C0D2

#42C0D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.111 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C0D2
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 210)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -28.43, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 34.25, 213.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.097 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.111 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7243, 43.5069, 67.6333)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C0D2 #D25442

analogous

#42D29C #42C0D2 #4278D2

triadic

#42C0D2 #D242C0 #C0D242

tetradic

#42C0D2 #9C42D2 #D25442 #78D242

square

#42C0D2 #9C42D2 #D25442 #78D242

split-complementary

#42C0D2 #D24278 #D29C42

monochromatic

#1E707C #299DAD #42C0D2 #73D0DE #A5E1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C0D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#42C0D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C0D2

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C0D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C0D2	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c0d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.111 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3df',
    500: '#42c0d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c0d2;
$custom-light: #89d3df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c0d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74671,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C0D2

secondary

#D7A199

accent

#5743E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C0D2

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

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