#42C6DE#42C6DE

#42C6DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C6DE
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -27.76, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 35.61, 218.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0981 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.116 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6201, 46.8162, 76.2522)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C6DE #DE5A42

analogous

#42DEA8 #42C6DE #4278DE

triadic

#42C6DE #DE42C6 #C6DE42

tetradic

#42C6DE #A842DE #DE5A42 #78DE42

square

#42C6DE #A842DE #DE5A42 #78DE42

split-complementary

#42C6DE #DE4278 #DEA842

monochromatic

#197B8D #22A9C1 #42C6DE #76D6E7 #AAE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42C6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#42C6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C6DE

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C6DE	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7e8',
    500: '#42c6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c6de;
$custom-light: #8bd7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76559,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C6DE

secondary

#DEA89E

accent

#563BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C6DE

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

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