#42CBDD#42CBDD

#42CBDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.117 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBDD
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -30.50, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 36.25, 212.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.1034 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.117 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6482, 49.0863, 75.9357)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBDD #DD5442

analogous

#42DDA2 #42CBDD #427EDD

triadic

#42CBDD #DD42CB #CBDD42

tetradic

#42CBDD #A242DD #DD5442 #7EDD42

square

#42CBDD #A242DD #DD5442 #7EDD42

split-complementary

#42CBDD #DD427E #DDA242

monochromatic

#197E8C #22ADBF #42CBDD #76D9E6 #AAE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#42CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBDD

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBDD	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.117 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbe7',
    500: '#42cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbdd;
$custom-light: #8bdbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.968,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77703,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBDD

secondary

#DDA59D

accent

#503BEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBDD

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

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