#42CFD7#42CFD7

#42CFD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.117 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFD7
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 215)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -34.17, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 37.27, 203.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.1098 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.117 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8199, 50.6859, 72.1196)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFD7 #D74A42

analogous

#42D794 #42CFD7 #4285D7

triadic

#42CFD7 #D742CF #CFD742

tetradic

#42CFD7 #9442D7 #D74A42 #85D742

square

#42CFD7 #9442D7 #D74A42 #85D742

split-complementary

#42CFD7 #D74285 #D79442

monochromatic

#1C7D83 #26AEB5 #42CFD7 #75DCE2 #A7E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42CFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#42CFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFD7

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFD7	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.117 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdee3',
    500: '#42cfd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfd7;
$custom-light: #8bdee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.221,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78434,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFD7

secondary

#8A3834

accent

#4940E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFD7

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

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