#42CDD2#42CDD2

#42CDD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDD2
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 210)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -34.67, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 37.13, 200.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.1099 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.116 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7058, 49.4699, 68.6271)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDD2 #D24742

analogous

#42D28F #42CDD2 #4285D2

triadic

#42CDD2 #D242CD #CDD242

tetradic

#42CDD2 #8F42D2 #D24742 #85D242

square

#42CDD2 #8F42D2 #D24742 #85D242

split-complementary

#42CDD2 #D24285 #D28F42

monochromatic

#1E797C #29A9AD #42CDD2 #73DADE #A5E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CDD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#42CDD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDD2

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDD2	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC4D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adcdf',
    500: '#42cdd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdd2;
$custom-light: #8adcdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.083,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77779,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDD2

secondary

#D79B99

accent

#4943E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDD2

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

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