#42CCD7#42CCD7

#42CCD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.116 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCD7
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 215)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -32.75, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 36.54, 206.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.1069 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.116 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1000, 49.2461, 71.8797)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCD7 #D74D42

analogous

#42D798 #42CCD7 #4281D7

triadic

#42CCD7 #D742CC #CCD742

tetradic

#42CCD7 #9842D7 #D74D42 #81D742

square

#42CCD7 #9842D7 #D74D42 #81D742

split-complementary

#42CCD7 #D74281 #D79842

monochromatic

#1C7B83 #26ABB5 #42CCD7 #75DAE2 #A7E7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#42CCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCD7

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCD7	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.116 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce3',
    500: '#42ccd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccd7;
$custom-light: #8bdce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.43,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77719,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCD7

secondary

#DAA09B

accent

#4C40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCD7

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

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