#42CCD3#42CCD3

#42CCD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.116 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCD3
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 211)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 3.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -33.91, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 36.78, 202.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.1085 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.116 200)
XYZ	xyz(35.5923, 49.0430, 69.2058)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCD3 #D34942

analogous

#42D392 #42CCD3 #4283D3

triadic

#42CCD3 #D342CC #CCD342

tetradic

#42CCD3 #9242D3 #D34942 #83D342

square

#42CCD3 #9242D3 #D34942 #83D342

split-complementary

#42CCD3 #D34283 #D39242

monochromatic

#1D797D #29A9AF #42CCD3 #74D9DF #A5E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#42CCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCD3

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCD3	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.116 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adce0',
    500: '#42ccd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccd3;
$custom-light: #8adce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.897,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77575,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.49047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCD3

secondary

#D79D9A

accent

#4A42E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCD3

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

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