#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
RGBrgb(66, 203, 215)
HSLhsl(185, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(185, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.31, -32.27, -16.65)
CIE-LCHlch(75.31, 36.31, 207.29°)
OKLaboklab(77.48% -0.1059 -0.0462)
OKLCHoklch(77.48% 0.116 203.6)
XYZxyz(35.8631, 48.7723, 71.8007)
Luminance0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42CBD71.001.9510.7610.76
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7621.001.001.00
##00000010.7621.001.001.00

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

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#42CBD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva