#42CCDD#42CCDD

#42CCDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.117 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCDD
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -30.98, -19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 36.42, 211.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.1044 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.117 207)
XYZ	xyz(36.8851, 49.5601, 76.0147)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCDD #DD5342

analogous

#42DDA1 #42CCDD #427FDD

triadic

#42CCDD #DD42CC #CCDD42

tetradic

#42CCDD #A142DD #DD5342 #7FDD42

square

#42CCDD #A142DD #DD5342 #7FDD42

split-complementary

#42CCDD #DD427F #DDA142

monochromatic

#197F8C #22AEBF #42CCDD #76DAE6 #AAE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#42CCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCDD

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCDD	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.117 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce7',
    500: '#42ccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccdd;
$custom-light: #8bdce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.581,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7794,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.49564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCDD

secondary

#DDA49D

accent

#4F3BEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCDD

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

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