#42CBD5#42CBD5

#42CBD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBD5
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -32.86, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 36.40, 205.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.1067 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.115 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6077, 48.6701, 70.4555)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBD5 #D54C42

analogous

#42D596 #42CBD5 #4281D5

triadic

#42CBD5 #D542CB #CBD542

tetradic

#42CBD5 #9642D5 #D54C42 #81D542

square

#42CBD5 #9642D5 #D54C42 #81D542

split-complementary

#42CBD5 #D54281 #D59642

monochromatic

#1C7980 #28A9B2 #42CBD5 #74D9E0 #A6E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#42CBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBD5

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBD5	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbe1',
    500: '#42cbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbd5;
$custom-light: #8adbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.082,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77407,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBD5

secondary

#D89F9A

accent

#4C41E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBD5

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

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