#42CBD7#42CBD7

#42CBD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.116 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBD7
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 215)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -32.27, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 36.31, 207.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.1059 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.116 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8631, 48.7723, 71.8007)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBD7 #D74E42

analogous

#42D798 #42CBD7 #4281D7

triadic

#42CBD7 #D742CB #CBD742

tetradic

#42CBD7 #9842D7 #D74E42 #81D742

square

#42CBD7 #9842D7 #D74E42 #81D742

split-complementary

#42CBD7 #D74281 #D79842

monochromatic

#1C7B83 #26AAB5 #42CBD7 #75D9E2 #A7E7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#42CBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBD7

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBD7	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.116 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbe3',
    500: '#42cbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbd7;
$custom-light: #8bdbe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.832,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7748,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBD7

secondary

#DAA09B

accent

#4D40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBD7

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

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