#42C8CE#42C8CE

#42C8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.113 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C8CE
RGBrgb(66, 200, 206)
HSLhsl(183, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(183, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.14, -33.46, -13.55)
CIE-LCHlch(74.14, 36.10, 202.04°)
OKLaboklab(76.44% -0.1067 -0.0376)
OKLCHoklch(76.44% 0.113 199.4)
XYZxyz(34.0367, 46.9191, 65.6430)
Luminance0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C8CE #CE4842
analogous
#42CE8E #42C8CE #4282CE
triadic
#42C8CE #CE42C8 #C8CE42
tetradic
#42C8CE #8E42CE #CE4842 #82CE42
square
#42C8CE #8E42CE #CE4842 #82CE42
split-complementary
#42C8CE #CE4282 #CE8E42
monochromatic
#1F7377 #2BA2A7 #42C8CE #73D6DB #A3E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02
#42C8CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38
#42C8CE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8CE
10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C8CE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C8CE1.002.0210.3810.38
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3821.001.001.00
##00000010.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BABFCF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5B0CF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CFC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.113 199.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9dc',
    500: '#42c8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c8ce;
$custom-light: #89d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76438,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C8CE
secondary
#D49A98
accent
#4C46E2
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

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#42C8CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva