#42C6D0#42C6D0

#42C6D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C6D0
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 208)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -31.93, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 35.46, 205.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.1038 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.112 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8210, 46.0966, 66.7774)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C6D0 #D04C42

analogous

#42D093 #42C6D0 #427FD0

triadic

#42C6D0 #D042C6 #C6D042

tetradic

#42C6D0 #9342D0 #D04C42 #7FD042

square

#42C6D0 #9342D0 #D04C42 #7FD042

split-complementary

#42C6D0 #D0427F #D09342

monochromatic

#1E7379 #2AA1AA #42C6D0 #73D5DC #A4E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42C6D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#42C6D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C6D0

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C6D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C6D0	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c6d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7de',
    500: '#42c6d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c6d0;
$custom-light: #89d7de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c6d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.225,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76031,
    "c": 0.11231,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C6D0

secondary

#D59D99

accent

#5044E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C6D0

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

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