#42C1D7#42C1D7

#42C1D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.113 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C1D7
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 215)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -27.41, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 34.60, 217.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.096 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.113 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5773, 44.2006, 71.0388)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C1D7 #D75842

analogous

#42D7A2 #42C1D7 #4276D7

triadic

#42C1D7 #D742C1 #C1D742

tetradic

#42C1D7 #A242D7 #D75842 #76D742

square

#42C1D7 #A242D7 #D75842 #76D742

split-complementary

#42C1D7 #D74276 #D7A242

monochromatic

#1C7483 #26A0B5 #42C1D7 #75D2E2 #A7E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C1D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#42C1D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C1D7

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C1D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C1D7	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c1d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.113 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad4e3',
    500: '#42c1d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c1d7;
$custom-light: #8ad4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c1d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.859,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75102,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C1D7

secondary

#DAA49B

accent

#5940E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C1D7

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

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