#42C6DC#42C6DC

#42C6DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.115 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C6DC
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 10%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -28.36, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 35.49, 216.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0989 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.115 211)
XYZ	xyz(35.3536, 46.7096, 74.8489)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C6DC #DC5842

analogous

#42DCA5 #42C6DC #4279DC

triadic

#42C6DC #DC42C6 #C6DC42

tetradic

#42C6DC #A542DC #DC5842 #79DC42

square

#42C6DC #A542DC #DC5842 #79DC42

split-complementary

#42C6DC #DC4279 #DCA542

monochromatic

#1A7A8A #23A8BE #42C6DC #76D6E6 #A9E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42C6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#42C6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C6DC

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C6DC	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.115 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7e6',
    500: '#42c6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c6dc;
$custom-light: #8bd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76481,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.46714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C6DC

secondary

#DDA69D

accent

#553CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C6DC

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

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