#42C2D8#42C2D8

#42C2D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2D8
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 216)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -27.60, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 34.78, 217.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0966 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.113 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9279, 44.6958, 71.7915)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2D8 #D85842

analogous

#42D8A3 #42C2D8 #4277D8

triadic

#42C2D8 #D842C2 #C2D842

tetradic

#42C2D8 #A342D8 #D85842 #77D842

square

#42C2D8 #A342D8 #D85842 #77D842

split-complementary

#42C2D8 #D84277 #D8A342

monochromatic

#1B7584 #26A2B7 #42C2D8 #75D2E2 #A7E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#42C2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2D8

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2D8	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad4e4',
    500: '#42c2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2d8;
$custom-light: #8ad4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75378,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2D8

secondary

#DAA59C

accent

#583FE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2D8

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

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