#42C6D1#42C6D1

#42C6D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.112 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C6D1
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 209)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -31.64, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 35.42, 206.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.1034 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.112 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9444, 46.1460, 67.4273)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C6D1 #D14D42

analogous

#42D195 #42C6D1 #427FD1

triadic

#42C6D1 #D142C6 #C6D142

tetradic

#42C6D1 #9542D1 #D14D42 #7FD142

square

#42C6D1 #9542D1 #D14D42 #7FD142

split-complementary

#42C6D1 #D1427F #D19542

monochromatic

#1E747B #2AA2AC #42C6D1 #73D5DD #A4E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42C6D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#42C6D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C6D1

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C6D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C6D1	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c6d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.112 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7df',
    500: '#42c6d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c6d1;
$custom-light: #89d7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c6d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76067,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C6D1

secondary

#D69E99

accent

#5044E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C6D1

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

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