#42CCD5#42CCD5

#42CCD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.116 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CCD5
RGBrgb(66, 204, 213)
HSLhsl(184, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(184, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.54, -33.33, -15.22)
CIE-LCHlch(75.54, 36.64, 204.55°)
OKLaboklab(77.65% -0.1077 -0.0422)
OKLCHoklch(77.65% 0.116 201.4)
XYZxyz(35.8446, 49.1439, 70.5345)
Luminance0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CCD5 #D54B42
analogous
#42D594 #42CCD5 #4283D5
triadic
#42CCD5 #D542CC #CCD542
tetradic
#42CCD5 #9442D5 #D54B42 #83D542
square
#42CCD5 #9442D5 #D54B42 #83D542
split-complementary
#42CCD5 #D54283 #D59442
monochromatic
#1C7A80 #28AAB2 #42CCD5 #74DAE0 #A6E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94
#42CCD5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83
#42CCD5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCD5
10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CCD5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CCD51.001.9410.8310.83
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8321.001.001.00
##00000010.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDC3D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7B3D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D4CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ccd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.116 201.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adce1',
    500: '#42ccd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ccd5;
$custom-light: #8adce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ccd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.673,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77646,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CCD5
secondary
#D89E9A
accent
#4B41E7
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FBFB
border
#CCD4D4
text
#0D1515
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCD5

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

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#42CCD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva