#42CCD6#42CCD6

#42CCD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCD6
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 214)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -33.04, -15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 36.59, 205.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.1073 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.116 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9719, 49.1949, 71.2050)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCD6 #D64C42

analogous

#42D696 #42CCD6 #4282D6

triadic

#42CCD6 #D642CC #CCD642

tetradic

#42CCD6 #9642D6 #D64C42 #82D642

square

#42CCD6 #9642D6 #D64C42 #82D642

split-complementary

#42CCD6 #D64282 #D69642

monochromatic

#1C7B82 #27AAB4 #42CCD6 #74DAE1 #A7E7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#42CCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCD6

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCD6	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.116 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce2',
    500: '#42ccd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccd6;
$custom-light: #8bdce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.054,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77682,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCD6

secondary

#D99F9B

accent

#4C40E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCD6

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

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