#42C2D7#42C2D7

#42C2D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.113 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2D7
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 215)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -27.91, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 34.73, 216.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.097 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.113 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7991, 44.6442, 71.1127)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2D7 #D75742

analogous

#42D7A1 #42C2D7 #4278D7

triadic

#42C2D7 #D742C2 #C2D742

tetradic

#42C2D7 #A142D7 #D75742 #78D742

square

#42C2D7 #A142D7 #D75742 #78D742

split-complementary

#42C2D7 #D74278 #D7A142

monochromatic

#1C7483 #26A1B5 #42C2D7 #75D2E2 #A7E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#42C2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2D7

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2D7	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.113 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad4e3',
    500: '#42c2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2d7;
$custom-light: #8ad4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.456,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75339,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2D7

secondary

#DAA49B

accent

#5740E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2D7

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

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