#42C6CD#42C6CD

#42C6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.112 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C6CD
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 3.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -32.80, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 35.64, 203.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.1051 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.112 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4554, 45.9504, 64.8519)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C6CD #CD4942

analogous

#42CD8F #42C6CD #4280CD

triadic

#42C6CD #CD42C6 #C6CD42

tetradic

#42C6CD #8F42CD #CD4942 #80CD42

square

#42C6CD #8F42CD #CD4942 #80CD42

split-complementary

#42C6CD #CD4280 #CD8F42

monochromatic

#1F7176 #2CA0A6 #42C6CD #72D5DA #A3E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42C6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#42C6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C6CD

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C6CD	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.112 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7dc',
    500: '#42c6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c6cd;
$custom-light: #89d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.022,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75922,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C6CD

secondary

#D39A97

accent

#4E46E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C6CD

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

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