#42CFD3#42CFD3

#42CFD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.117 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFD3
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 211)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -35.32, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 37.60, 200.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.1115 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.117 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3122, 50.4828, 69.4458)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFD3 #D34642

analogous

#42D38F #42CFD3 #4287D3

triadic

#42CFD3 #D342CF #CFD342

tetradic

#42CFD3 #8F42D3 #D34642 #87D342

square

#42CFD3 #8F42D3 #D34642 #87D342

split-complementary

#42CFD3 #D34287 #D38F42

monochromatic

#1D7B7D #29ABAF #42CFD3 #74DCDF #A5E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42CFD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#42CFD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFD3

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFD3	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.117 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdee0',
    500: '#42cfd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfd3;
$custom-light: #8bdee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.655,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78293,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFD3

secondary

#853634

accent

#4742E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFD3

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

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