#42C4DC#42C4DC

#42C4DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C4DC
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -27.38, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 35.26, 219.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.097 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.115 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8995, 45.8014, 74.6975)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C4DC #DC5A42

analogous

#42DCA7 #42C4DC #4277DC

triadic

#42C4DC #DC42C4 #C4DC42

tetradic

#42C4DC #A742DC #DC5A42 #77DC42

square

#42C4DC #A742DC #DC5A42 #77DC42

split-complementary

#42C4DC #DC4277 #DCA742

monochromatic

#1A798A #23A6BE #42C4DC #76D4E6 #A9E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42C4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#42C4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C4DC

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C4DC	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6e6',
    500: '#42c4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c4dc;
$custom-light: #8ad6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.351,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76008,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C4DC

secondary

#DDA79D

accent

#583CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C4DC

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

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