#42C8CD#42C8CD

#42C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.113 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8CD
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -33.75, -13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 36.19, 201.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.1071 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.113 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9156, 46.8707, 65.0053)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8CD #CD4742

analogous

#42CD8C #42C8CD #4282CD

triadic

#42C8CD #CD42C8 #C8CD42

tetradic

#42C8CD #8C42CD #CD4742 #82CD42

square

#42C8CD #8C42CD #CD4742 #82CD42

split-complementary

#42C8CD #CD4282 #CD8C42

monochromatic

#1F7276 #2CA2A6 #42C8CD #72D6DA #A3E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#42C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8CD

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8CD	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)

#BABFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.113 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9dc',
    500: '#42c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8cd;
$custom-light: #89d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.158,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76403,
    "c": 0.11306,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8CD

secondary

#D39A97

accent

#4C46E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8CD

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

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