#42CBD4#42CBD4

#42CBD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBD4
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -33.15, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 36.46, 204.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.1071 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.115 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4811, 48.6195, 69.7891)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBD4 #D44B42

analogous

#42D494 #42CBD4 #4282D4

triadic

#42CBD4 #D442CB #CBD442

tetradic

#42CBD4 #9442D4 #D44B42 #82D442

square

#42CBD4 #9442D4 #D44B42 #82D442

split-complementary

#42CBD4 #D44282 #D49442

monochromatic

#1D797F #28A8B1 #42CBD4 #74D9DF #A6E6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#42CBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBD4

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBD4	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B3D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbe1',
    500: '#42cbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbd4;
$custom-light: #8adbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.699,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77371,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBD4

secondary

#D89E9A

accent

#4C42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBD4

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

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