#42CDCC#42CDCC

#42CDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.116 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDCC
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -36.37, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 37.81, 195.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.1125 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.116 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9722, 49.1765, 64.7639)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDCC #CD4243

analogous

#42CD86 #42CDCC #4289CD

triadic

#42CDCC #CC42CD #CDCC42

tetradic

#42CDCC #8642CD #CD4243 #89CD42

square

#42CDCC #8642CD #CD4243 #89CD42

split-complementary

#42CDCC #CD4289 #CD8642

monochromatic

#1F7675 #2CA6A5 #42CDCC #72DAD9 #A3E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#42CDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDCC

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDCC	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)

#C0C3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.116 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adddb',
    500: '#42cdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdcc;
$custom-light: #8adddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.568,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77571,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDCC

secondary

#D39798

accent

#4648E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDCC

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

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