#42CFE2#42CFE2

#42CFE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.119 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFE2
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 226)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -30.93, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 36.98, 213.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.1053 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.119 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2811, 51.2704, 79.8154)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFE2 #E25542

analogous

#42E2A5 #42CFE2 #427FE2

triadic

#42CFE2 #E242CF #CFE242

tetradic

#42CFE2 #A542E2 #E25542 #7FE242

square

#42CFE2 #A542E2 #E25542 #7FE242

split-complementary

#42CFE2 #E2427F #E2A542

monochromatic

#178493 #1FB4C8 #42CFE2 #77DCEA #ACEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42CFE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#42CFE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFE2

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFE2	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.119 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdeeb',
    500: '#42cfe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfe2;
$custom-light: #8cdeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78838,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFE2

secondary

#983D31

accent

#4E38F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFE2

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

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