#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
RGBrgb(66, 196, 214)
HSLhsl(187, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(187, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(73.21, -29.19, -19.28)
CIE-LCHlch(73.21, 34.98, 213.45°)
OKLaboklab(75.78% -0.0994 -0.0536)
OKLCHoklch(75.78% 0.113 208.3)
XYZxyz(34.1191, 45.4892, 70.5874)
Luminance0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42C4D61.002.0810.1010.10
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1021.001.001.00
##00000010.1021.001.001.00

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

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#42C4D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva