#42C3D5#42C3D5

#42C3D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.112 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C3D5
RGBrgb(66, 195, 213)
HSLhsl(187, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(187, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 8.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(72.88, -29.00, -19.23)
CIE-LCHlch(72.88, 34.80, 213.56°)
OKLaboklab(75.5% -0.0988 -0.0534)
OKLCHoklch(75.5% 0.112 208.4)
XYZxyz(33.7670, 44.9887, 69.8420)
Luminance0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C3D5 #D55442
analogous
#42D59E #42C3D5 #427AD5
triadic
#42C3D5 #D542C3 #C3D542
tetradic
#42C3D5 #9E42D5 #D55442 #7AD542
square
#42C3D5 #9E42D5 #D55442 #7AD542
split-complementary
#42C3D5 #D5427A #D59E42
monochromatic
#1C7480 #28A1B2 #42C3D5 #74D3E0 #A6E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#42C3D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00
#42C3D5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C3D5
10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C3D5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C3D51.002.1010.0010.00
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0021.001.001.00
##00000010.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2BCD6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DACD5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c3d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.112 208.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5e2',
    500: '#42c3d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c3d5;
$custom-light: #8ad5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c3d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.755,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C3D5
secondary
#D8A29A
accent
#5541E7
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C3D5

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

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#42C3D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva