#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
RGBrgb(66, 203, 212)
HSLhsl(184, 63%, 55%)
HSVhsv(184, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(75.21, -33.15, -15.17)
CIE-LCHlch(75.21, 36.46, 204.60°)
OKLaboklab(77.37% -0.1071 -0.0421)
OKLCHoklch(77.37% 0.115 201.5)
XYZxyz(35.4811, 48.6195, 69.7891)
Luminance0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42CBD41.001.9610.7210.72
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7221.001.001.00
##00000010.7221.001.001.00

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

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#42CBD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva