#42C7D7#42C7D7

#42C7D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7D7
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 215)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -30.35, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 35.51, 211.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.1019 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.114 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9306, 46.9074, 71.4899)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7D7 #D75242

analogous

#42D79D #42C7D7 #427CD7

triadic

#42C7D7 #D742C7 #C7D742

tetradic

#42C7D7 #9D42D7 #D75242 #7CD742

square

#42C7D7 #9D42D7 #D75242 #7CD742

split-complementary

#42C7D7 #D7427C #D79D42

monochromatic

#1C7883 #26A6B5 #42C7D7 #75D6E2 #A7E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42C7D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#42C7D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7D7

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7D7	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8e3',
    500: '#42c7d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7d7;
$custom-light: #8ad8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.443,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76528,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7D7

secondary

#DAA29B

accent

#5240E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7D7

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

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