#42C2D5#42C2D5

#42C2D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.112 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2D5
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 213)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 8.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -28.51, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 34.64, 214.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0978 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.112 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5437, 44.5421, 69.7675)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2D5 #D55542

analogous

#42D59E #42C2D5 #4279D5

triadic

#42C2D5 #D542C2 #C2D542

tetradic

#42C2D5 #9E42D5 #D55542 #79D542

square

#42C2D5 #9E42D5 #D55542 #79D542

split-complementary

#42C2D5 #D54279 #D59E42

monochromatic

#1C7380 #28A0B2 #42C2D5 #74D2E0 #A6E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C2D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#42C2D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2D5

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2D5	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.112 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d4e2',
    500: '#42c2d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2d5;
$custom-light: #89d4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.755,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75262,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2D5

secondary

#D8A29A

accent

#5741E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2D5

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

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