#42CBD3#42CBD3

#42CBD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.115 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBD3
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 211)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -33.44, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 36.52, 203.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.1075 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.115 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3554, 48.5692, 69.1268)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBD3 #D34A42

analogous

#42D392 #42CBD3 #4283D3

triadic

#42CBD3 #D342CB #CBD342

tetradic

#42CBD3 #9242D3 #D34A42 #83D342

square

#42CBD3 #9242D3 #D34A42 #83D342

split-complementary

#42CBD3 #D34283 #D39242

monochromatic

#1D787D #29A8AF #42CBD3 #74D9DF #A5E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#42CBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBD3

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBD3	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.115 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbe0',
    500: '#42cbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbd3;
$custom-light: #8adbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.31,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77335,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBD3

secondary

#D79D9A

accent

#4B42E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBD3

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

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