#42C4D6#42C4D6

#42C4D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C4D6
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 214)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -29.19, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 34.98, 213.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0994 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.113 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1191, 45.4892, 70.5874)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C4D6 #D65442

analogous

#42D69E #42C4D6 #427AD6

triadic

#42C4D6 #D642C4 #C4D642

tetradic

#42C4D6 #9E42D6 #D65442 #7AD642

square

#42C4D6 #9E42D6 #D65442 #7AD642

split-complementary

#42C4D6 #D6427A #D69E42

monochromatic

#1C7582 #27A3B4 #42C4D6 #74D4E1 #A7E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42C4D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#42C4D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C4D6

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C4D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C4D6	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6e2',
    500: '#42c4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c4d6;
$custom-light: #8ad6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.297,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75776,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C4D6

secondary

#D9A29B

accent

#5540E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C4D6

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

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