#42C4D7#42C4D7

#42C4D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C4D7
RGBrgb(66, 196, 215)
HSLhsl(188, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(188, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(73.25, -28.89, -19.77)
CIE-LCHlch(73.25, 35.01, 214.39°)
OKLaboklab(75.81% -0.099 -0.0549)
OKLCHoklch(75.81% 0.113 209)
XYZxyz(34.2472, 45.5405, 71.2621)
Luminance0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C4D7 #D75542
analogous
#42D7A0 #42C4D7 #4279D7
triadic
#42C4D7 #D742C4 #C4D742
tetradic
#42C4D7 #A042D7 #D75542 #79D742
square
#42C4D7 #A042D7 #D75542 #79D742
split-complementary
#42C4D7 #D74279 #D7A042
monochromatic
#1C7683 #26A3B5 #42C4D7 #75D4E2 #A7E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#42C4D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11
#42C4D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C4D7
10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C4D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C4D71.002.0810.1110.11
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1121.001.001.00
##00000010.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3BDD8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EADD7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDCA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c4d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 209.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6e3',
    500: '#42c4d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c4d7;
$custom-light: #8ad6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c4d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.651,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75814,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.45544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C4D7
secondary
#DAA39B
accent
#5540E8
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C4D7

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#42C4D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva