#42C7CD#42C7CD

#42C7CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7CD
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -33.28, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 35.91, 202.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.1061 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.113 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6848, 46.4090, 64.9283)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7CD #CD4842

analogous

#42CD8D #42C7CD #4281CD

triadic

#42C7CD #CD42C7 #C7CD42

tetradic

#42C7CD #8D42CD #CD4842 #81CD42

square

#42C7CD #8D42CD #CD4842 #81CD42

split-complementary

#42C7CD #CD4281 #CD8D42

monochromatic

#1F7276 #2CA1A6 #42C7CD #72D5DA #A3E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42C7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#42C7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7CD

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7CD	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8dc',
    500: '#42c7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7cd;
$custom-light: #89d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.59,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76163,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7CD

secondary

#D39A97

accent

#4D46E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7CD

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

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