#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
RGBrgb(66, 203, 213)
HSLhsl(184, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(184, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.25, -32.86, -15.67)
CIE-LCHlch(75.25, 36.40, 205.49°)
OKLaboklab(77.41% -0.1067 -0.0435)
OKLCHoklch(77.41% 0.115 202.2)
XYZxyz(35.6077, 48.6701, 70.4555)
Luminance0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42CBD51.001.9610.7310.73
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7321.001.001.00
##00000010.7321.001.001.00

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

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#42CBD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva