#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
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -33.33, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 36.64, 204.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.1077 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.116 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8446, 49.1439, 70.5345)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42CCD5	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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