#42C7D0#42C7D0

#42C7D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C7D0
RGBrgb(66, 199, 208)
HSLhsl(184, 60%, 54%)
HSVhsv(184, 68%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.90, -32.41, -14.98)
CIE-LCHlch(73.90, 35.70, 204.81°)
OKLaboklab(76.27% -0.1048 -0.0416)
OKLCHoklch(76.27% 0.113 201.6)
XYZxyz(34.0504, 46.5553, 66.8538)
Luminance0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C7D0 #D04B42
analogous
#42D092 #42C7D0 #4280D0
triadic
#42C7D0 #D042C7 #C7D042
tetradic
#42C7D0 #9242D0 #D04B42 #80D042
square
#42C7D0 #9242D0 #D04B42 #80D042
split-complementary
#42C7D0 #D04280 #D09242
monochromatic
#1E7479 #2AA2AA #42C7D0 #73D6DC #A4E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#42C7D0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31
#42C7D0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7D0
10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C7D0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C7D01.002.0410.3110.31
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3121.001.001.00
##00000010.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8BED1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3AFD1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CEC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c7d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 201.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d8de',
    500: '#42c7d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c7d0;
$custom-light: #89d8de;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c7d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.803,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7627,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C7D0
secondary
#D59C99
accent
#4F44E3
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7D0

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

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#42C7D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva