#42CCD9#42CCD9

#42CCD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCD9
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -32.16, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 36.47, 208.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.106 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.116 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3585, 49.3495, 73.2414)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCD9 #D94F42

analogous

#42D99B #42CCD9 #4280D9

triadic

#42CCD9 #D942CC #CCD942

tetradic

#42CCD9 #9B42D9 #D94F42 #80D942

square

#42CCD9 #9B42D9 #D94F42 #80D942

split-complementary

#42CCD9 #D94280 #D99B42

monochromatic

#1B7D86 #25ACB9 #42CCD9 #75DAE3 #A8E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#42CCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCD9

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCD9	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce4',
    500: '#42ccd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccd9;
$custom-light: #8bdce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.166,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77792,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCD9

secondary

#DBA19C

accent

#4D3EE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCD9

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

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