#42CCD4#42CCD4

#42CCD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.116 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCD4
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -33.62, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 36.71, 203.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.1081 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.116 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7180, 49.0933, 69.8681)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCD4 #D44A42

analogous

#42D493 #42CCD4 #4283D4

triadic

#42CCD4 #D442CC #CCD442

tetradic

#42CCD4 #9342D4 #D44A42 #83D442

square

#42CCD4 #9342D4 #D44A42 #83D442

split-complementary

#42CCD4 #D44283 #D49342

monochromatic

#1D797F #28A9B1 #42CCD4 #74D9DF #A6E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#42CCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCD4

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCD4	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)

#BDC3D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B3D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.116 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adce1',
    500: '#42ccd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccd4;
$custom-light: #8adce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.288,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7761,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCD4

secondary

#D89D9A

accent

#4B42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCD4

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

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