#42C4D3#42C4D3

#42C4D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C4D3
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 211)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -30.08, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 34.96, 210.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.1006 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.112 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7395, 45.3374, 68.5882)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C4D3 #D35142

analogous

#42D39A #42C4D3 #427CD3

triadic

#42C4D3 #D342C4 #C4D342

tetradic

#42C4D3 #9A42D3 #D35142 #7CD342

square

#42C4D3 #9A42D3 #D35142 #7CD342

split-complementary

#42C4D3 #D3427C #D39A42

monochromatic

#1D737D #29A1AF #42C4D3 #74D3DF #A5E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42C4D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#42C4D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C4D3

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C4D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C4D3	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c4d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6e0',
    500: '#42c4d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c4d3;
$custom-light: #89d6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c4d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75663,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C4D3

secondary

#D7A09A

accent

#5342E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C4D3

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

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