#42CCD1#42CCD1

#42CCD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.115 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCD1
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 209)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 2.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -34.49, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 36.94, 201.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.1094 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.115 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3431, 48.9433, 67.8936)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCD1 #D14742

analogous

#42D18F #42CCD1 #4285D1

triadic

#42CCD1 #D142CC #CCD142

tetradic

#42CCD1 #8F42D1 #D14742 #85D142

square

#42CCD1 #8F42D1 #D14742 #85D142

split-complementary

#42CCD1 #D14285 #D18F42

monochromatic

#1E777B #2AA7AC #42CCD1 #73D9DD #A4E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#42CCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCD1

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCD1	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.115 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adcdf',
    500: '#42ccd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccd1;
$custom-light: #8adcdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.098,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77504,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCD1

secondary

#D69B99

accent

#4944E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCD1

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

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