#42CFD0#42CFD0

#42CFD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFD0
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 208)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -36.17, -11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 37.93, 197.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.1128 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.117 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9396, 50.3338, 67.4835)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFD0 #D04342

analogous

#42D08A #42CFD0 #4288D0

triadic

#42CFD0 #D042CF #CFD042

tetradic

#42CFD0 #8A42D0 #D04342 #88D042

square

#42CFD0 #8A42D0 #D04342 #88D042

split-complementary

#42CFD0 #D04288 #D08A42

monochromatic

#1E7979 #2AAAAA #42CFD0 #73DBDC #A4E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42CFD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#42CFD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFD0

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFD0	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adede',
    500: '#42cfd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfd0;
$custom-light: #8adede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.423,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78189,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFD0

secondary

#813535

accent

#4644E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFD0

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

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