#42CBDA#42CBDA

#42CBDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.116 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBDA
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -31.39, -18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 36.24, 210.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.1046 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.116 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2521, 48.9279, 73.8495)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBDA #DA5142

analogous

#42DA9D #42CBDA #427FDA

triadic

#42CBDA #DA42CB #CBDA42

tetradic

#42CBDA #9D42DA #DA5142 #7FDA42

square

#42CBDA #9D42DA #DA5142 #7FDA42

split-complementary

#42CBDA #DA427F #DA9D42

monochromatic

#1A7C87 #24ACBA #42CBDA #75D9E4 #A8E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#42CBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBDA

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBDA	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.116 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbe5',
    500: '#42cbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbda;
$custom-light: #8bdbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.921,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77591,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBDA

secondary

#DBA39C

accent

#4F3EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBDA

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

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