#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
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 215)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -28.89, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 35.01, 214.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.099 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.113 209)
XYZ	xyz(34.2472, 45.5405, 71.2621)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42C4D7	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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