#42CFD8#42CFD8

#42CFD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFD8
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -33.88, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 37.20, 204.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.1094 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9488, 50.7375, 72.7984)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFD8 #D84B42

analogous

#42D896 #42CFD8 #4284D8

triadic

#42CFD8 #D842CF #CFD842

tetradic

#42CFD8 #9642D8 #D84B42 #84D842

square

#42CFD8 #9642D8 #D84B42 #84D842

split-complementary

#42CFD8 #D84284 #D89642

monochromatic

#1B7E84 #26AEB7 #42CFD8 #75DCE2 #A7E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42CFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#42CFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFD8

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFD8	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.117 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdee4',
    500: '#42cfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfd8;
$custom-light: #8bdee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7847,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFD8

secondary

#8B3933

accent

#493FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFD8

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

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