#42C8D6#42C8D6

#42C8D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.114 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8D6
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 214)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 6.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -31.13, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 35.71, 209.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.1033 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.114 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0334, 47.3178, 70.8922)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8D6 #D65042

analogous

#42D69A #42C8D6 #427ED6

triadic

#42C8D6 #D642C8 #C8D642

tetradic

#42C8D6 #9A42D6 #D65042 #7ED642

square

#42C8D6 #9A42D6 #D65042 #7ED642

split-complementary

#42C8D6 #D6427E #D69A42

monochromatic

#1C7882 #27A6B4 #42C8D6 #74D7E1 #A7E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42C8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#42C8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8D6

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8D6	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)

#B8C0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.114 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9e2',
    500: '#42c8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8d6;
$custom-light: #8ad9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.676,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76729,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8D6

secondary

#D9A19B

accent

#5040E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8D6

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

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