#42CDCE#42CDCE

#42CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.116 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDCE
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -35.81, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 37.56, 197.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.1116 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.116 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2137, 49.2731, 66.0353)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDCE #CE4342

analogous

#42CE89 #42CDCE #4287CE

triadic

#42CDCE #CE42CD #CDCE42

tetradic

#42CDCE #8942CE #CE4342 #87CE42

square

#42CDCE #8942CE #CE4342 #87CE42

split-complementary

#42CDCE #CE4287 #CE8942

monochromatic

#1F7677 #2BA7A7 #42CDCE #73DADB #A3E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#42CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDCE

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDCE	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.116 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adddc',
    500: '#42cdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdce;
$custom-light: #8adddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7764,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDCE

secondary

#D49898

accent

#4746E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDCE

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

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