#42CFD6#42CFD6

#42CFD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.117 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFD6
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 214)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -34.46, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 37.34, 202.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.1102 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.117 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6918, 50.6347, 71.4450)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFD6 #D64942

analogous

#42D693 #42CFD6 #4285D6

triadic

#42CFD6 #D642CF #CFD642

tetradic

#42CFD6 #9342D6 #D64942 #85D642

square

#42CFD6 #9342D6 #D64942 #85D642

split-complementary

#42CFD6 #D64285 #D69342

monochromatic

#1C7D82 #27ADB4 #42CFD6 #74DCE1 #A7E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42CFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#42CFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFD6

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFD6	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.117 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdee2',
    500: '#42cfd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfd6;
$custom-light: #8bdee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.838,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78398,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFD6

secondary

#883834

accent

#4840E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFD6

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

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