#42CBD1#42CBD1

#42CBD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.115 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBD1
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 209)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 2.9%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -34.01, -13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 36.67, 201.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.1084 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.115 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1062, 48.4695, 67.8146)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBD1 #D14842

analogous

#42D18F #42CBD1 #4284D1

triadic

#42CBD1 #D142CB #CBD142

tetradic

#42CBD1 #8F42D1 #D14842 #84D142

square

#42CBD1 #8F42D1 #D14842 #84D142

split-complementary

#42CBD1 #D14284 #D18F42

monochromatic

#1E777B #2AA6AC #42CBD1 #73D9DD #A4E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CBD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#42CBD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBD1

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBD1	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.115 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbdf',
    500: '#42cbd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbd1;
$custom-light: #8adbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.517,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77264,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBD1

secondary

#D69B99

accent

#4B44E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBD1

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

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