#42CCD2#42CCD2

#42CCD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.115 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCD2
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 210)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -34.20, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 36.86, 201.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.109 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.115 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4673, 48.9930, 68.5476)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCD2 #D24842

analogous

#42D290 #42CCD2 #4284D2

triadic

#42CCD2 #D242CC #CCD242

tetradic

#42CCD2 #9042D2 #D24842 #84D242

square

#42CCD2 #9042D2 #D24842 #84D242

split-complementary

#42CCD2 #D24284 #D29042

monochromatic

#1E787C #29A8AD #42CCD2 #73D9DE #A5E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#42CCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCD2

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCD2	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC3D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B3D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.115 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adcdf',
    500: '#42ccd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccd2;
$custom-light: #8adcdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77539,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCD2

secondary

#D79C99

accent

#4A43E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCD2

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

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