#42C7CE#42C7CE

#42C7CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7CE
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 3.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -32.99, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 35.83, 202.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.1057 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.113 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8059, 46.4575, 65.5661)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7CE #CE4942

analogous

#42CE8F #42C7CE #4281CE

triadic

#42C7CE #CE42C7 #C7CE42

tetradic

#42C7CE #8F42CE #CE4942 #81CE42

square

#42C7CE #8F42CE #CE4942 #81CE42

split-complementary

#42C7CE #CE4281 #CE8F42

monochromatic

#1F7277 #2BA1A7 #42C7CE #73D5DB #A3E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42C7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#42C7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7CE

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7CE	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)

#B9BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8dd',
    500: '#42c7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7ce;
$custom-light: #89d8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76198,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7CE

secondary

#D49B98

accent

#4E46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7CE

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

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