#42C0D7#42C0D7

#42C0D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C0D7
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 215)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -26.92, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 34.49, 218.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.095 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.112 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3569, 43.7600, 70.9653)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C0D7 #D75942

analogous

#42D7A4 #42C0D7 #4275D7

triadic

#42C0D7 #D742C0 #C0D742

tetradic

#42C0D7 #A442D7 #D75942 #75D742

square

#42C0D7 #A442D7 #D75942 #75D742

split-complementary

#42C0D7 #D74275 #D7A442

monochromatic

#1C7383 #269FB5 #42C0D7 #75D1E2 #A7E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C0D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#42C0D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C0D7

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C0D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C0D7	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c0d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3e3',
    500: '#42c0d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c0d7;
$custom-light: #89d3e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c0d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.262,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74864,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C0D7

secondary

#DAA59B

accent

#5A40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C0D7

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

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