#42CBD2#42CBD2

#42CBD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.115 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBD2
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 210)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -33.73, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 36.59, 202.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.108 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.115 200)
XYZ	xyz(35.2304, 48.5192, 68.4687)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBD2 #D24942

analogous

#42D291 #42CBD2 #4283D2

triadic

#42CBD2 #D242CB #CBD242

tetradic

#42CBD2 #9142D2 #D24942 #83D242

square

#42CBD2 #9142D2 #D24942 #83D242

split-complementary

#42CBD2 #D24283 #D29142

monochromatic

#1E777C #29A7AD #42CBD2 #73D9DE #A5E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#42CBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBD2

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBD2	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC2D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.115 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbdf',
    500: '#42cbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbd2;
$custom-light: #8adbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.917,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.773,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.48523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBD2

secondary

#D79C99

accent

#4B43E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBD2

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

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