#42C6D7#42C6D7

#42C6D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.114 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C6D7
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 215)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -29.86, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 35.33, 212.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.1009 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.114 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7013, 46.4487, 71.4134)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C6D7 #D75342

analogous

#42D79E #42C6D7 #427BD7

triadic

#42C6D7 #D742C6 #C6D742

tetradic

#42C6D7 #9E42D7 #D75342 #7BD742

square

#42C6D7 #9E42D7 #D75342 #7BD742

split-complementary

#42C6D7 #D7427B #D79E42

monochromatic

#1C7783 #26A5B5 #42C6D7 #75D5E2 #A7E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42C6D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#42C6D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C6D7

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C6D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C6D7	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c6d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.114 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7e3',
    500: '#42c6d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c6d7;
$custom-light: #8ad7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c6d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.846,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7629,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C6D7

secondary

#DAA29B

accent

#5340E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C6D7

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

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