#42C8D2#42C8D2

#42C8D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.113 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8D2
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 210)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -32.30, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 35.84, 205.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.105 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.113 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5288, 47.1160, 68.2348)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8D2 #D24C42

analogous

#42D294 #42C8D2 #4280D2

triadic

#42C8D2 #D242C8 #C8D242

tetradic

#42C8D2 #9442D2 #D24C42 #80D242

square

#42C8D2 #9442D2 #D24C42 #80D242

split-complementary

#42C8D2 #D24280 #D29442

monochromatic

#1E757C #29A4AD #42C8D2 #73D6DE #A5E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42C8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#42C8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8D2

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8D2	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.113 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9df',
    500: '#42c8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8d2;
$custom-light: #8ad9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76582,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8D2

secondary

#D79E99

accent

#4E43E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8D2

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

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