#42CBD6#42CBD6

#42CBD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBD6
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 214)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -32.56, -16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 36.35, 206.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.1063 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.115 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7350, 48.7210, 71.1260)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBD6 #D64D42

analogous

#42D697 #42CBD6 #4281D6

triadic

#42CBD6 #D642CB #CBD642

tetradic

#42CBD6 #9742D6 #D64D42 #81D642

square

#42CBD6 #9742D6 #D64D42 #81D642

split-complementary

#42CBD6 #D64281 #D69742

monochromatic

#1C7A82 #27A9B4 #42CBD6 #74D9E1 #A7E7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#42CBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBD6

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBD6	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adbe2',
    500: '#42cbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbd6;
$custom-light: #8adbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.459,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77444,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBD6

secondary

#D99F9B

accent

#4D40E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBD6

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

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