#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
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 208)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -32.41, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 35.70, 204.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.1048 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.113 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0504, 46.5553, 66.8538)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42C7D0	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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