#42C3D2#42C3D2

#42C3D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.112 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C3D2
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 210)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -29.89, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 34.77, 210.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.1 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.112 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3897, 44.8378, 67.8551)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C3D2 #D25142

analogous

#42D299 #42C3D2 #427BD2

triadic

#42C3D2 #D242C3 #C3D242

tetradic

#42C3D2 #9942D2 #D25142 #7BD242

square

#42C3D2 #9942D2 #D25142 #7BD242

split-complementary

#42C3D2 #D2427B #D29942

monochromatic

#1E727C #29A0AD #42C3D2 #73D3DE #A5E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C3D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#42C3D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C3D2

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C3D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C3D2	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BBD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c3d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.112 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5df',
    500: '#42c3d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c3d2;
$custom-light: #89d5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c3d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75387,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C3D2

secondary

#D7A099

accent

#5443E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C3D2

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

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