#42CBCD#42CBCD

#42CBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.115 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBCD
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -35.16, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 37.06, 198.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.1101 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.115 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6172, 48.2739, 65.2391)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBCD #CD4442

analogous

#42CD89 #42CBCD #4286CD

triadic

#42CBCD #CD42CB #CBCD42

tetradic

#42CBCD #8942CD #CD4442 #86CD42

square

#42CBCD #8942CD #CD4442 #86CD42

split-complementary

#42CBCD #CD4286 #CD8942

monochromatic

#1F7476 #2CA4A6 #42CBCD #72D8DA #A3E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#42CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBCD

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBCD	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.115 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbdc',
    500: '#42cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbcd;
$custom-light: #8adbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.863,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77124,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBCD

secondary

#D39897

accent

#4946E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBCD

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

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