#42CFD9#42CFD9

#42CFD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.118 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFD9
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 217)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -33.59, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 37.14, 205.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.109 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.118 202)
XYZ	xyz(37.0785, 50.7893, 73.4814)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFD9 #D94C42

analogous

#42D998 #42CFD9 #4283D9

triadic

#42CFD9 #D942CF #CFD942

tetradic

#42CFD9 #9842D9 #D94C42 #83D942

square

#42CFD9 #9842D9 #D94C42 #83D942

split-complementary

#42CFD9 #D94283 #D99842

monochromatic

#1B7F86 #25AFB9 #42CFD9 #75DCE3 #A8E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42CFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#42CFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFD9

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFD9	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.118 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdee4',
    500: '#42cfd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfd9;
$custom-light: #8bdee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.974,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78506,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.50794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFD9

secondary

#8C3933

accent

#4A3EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFD9

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

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