#42CFD4#42CFD4

#42CFD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.117 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFD4
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 212)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -35.03, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 37.51, 200.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.1111 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.117 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4380, 50.5331, 70.1081)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFD4 #D44742

analogous

#42D490 #42CFD4 #4286D4

triadic

#42CFD4 #D442CF #CFD442

tetradic

#42CFD4 #9042D4 #D44742 #86D442

square

#42CFD4 #9042D4 #D44742 #86D442

split-complementary

#42CFD4 #D44286 #D49042

monochromatic

#1D7B7F #28ACB1 #42CFD4 #74DCDF #A6E8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42CFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#42CFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFD4

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFD4	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.117 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdee1',
    500: '#42cfd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfd4;
$custom-light: #8bdee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.055,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78328,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFD4

secondary

#863734

accent

#4742E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFD4

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

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