#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
RGBrgb(66, 192, 215)
HSLhsl(189, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(189, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.07, -26.92, -21.56)
CIE-LCHlch(72.07, 34.49, 218.70°)
OKLaboklab(74.86% -0.095 -0.06)
OKLCHoklch(74.86% 0.112 212.3)
XYZxyz(33.3569, 43.7600, 70.9653)
Luminance0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42C0D71.002.159.759.75
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7521.001.001.00
##0000009.7521.001.001.00

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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#42C0D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva