#42C2D0#42C2D0

#42C2D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.111 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2D0
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 208)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -30.00, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 34.59, 209.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0998 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.111 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9188, 44.2921, 66.4766)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2D0 #D05042

analogous

#42D097 #42C2D0 #427BD0

triadic

#42C2D0 #D042C2 #C2D042

tetradic

#42C2D0 #9742D0 #D05042 #7BD042

square

#42C2D0 #9742D0 #D05042 #7BD042

split-complementary

#42C2D0 #D0427B #D09742

monochromatic

#1E7079 #2A9EAA #42C2D0 #73D2DC #A4E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C2D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#42C2D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2D0

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2D0	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BAD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.111 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5de',
    500: '#42c2d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2d0;
$custom-light: #89d5de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.915,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75073,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2D0

secondary

#D59F99

accent

#5444E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2D0

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

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