#42C7DE#42C7DE

#42C7DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.116 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7DE
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 10.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -28.25, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 35.72, 217.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0991 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.116 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8494, 47.2749, 76.3287)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7DE #DE5942

analogous

#42DEA7 #42C7DE #4279DE

triadic

#42C7DE #DE42C7 #C7DE42

tetradic

#42C7DE #A742DE #DE5942 #79DE42

square

#42C7DE #A742DE #DE5942 #79DE42

split-complementary

#42C7DE #DE4279 #DEA742

monochromatic

#197C8D #22AAC1 #42C7DE #76D6E7 #AAE6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42C7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#42C7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7DE

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7DE	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.116 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd8e8',
    500: '#42c7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7de;
$custom-light: #8bd8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76795,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7DE

secondary

#DEA79E

accent

#553BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7DE

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

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