#42CDD3#42CDD3

#42CDD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDD3
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 211)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 2.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -34.38, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 37.04, 201.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.1095 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.116 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8307, 49.5199, 69.2853)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDD3 #D34842

analogous

#42D391 #42CDD3 #4285D3

triadic

#42CDD3 #D342CD #CDD342

tetradic

#42CDD3 #9142D3 #D34842 #85D342

square

#42CDD3 #9142D3 #D34842 #85D342

split-complementary

#42CDD3 #D34285 #D39142

monochromatic

#1D797D #29A9AF #42CDD3 #74DADF #A5E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#42CDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDD3

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDD3	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adce0',
    500: '#42cdd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdd3;
$custom-light: #8adce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.483,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77814,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDD3

secondary

#D79C9A

accent

#4942E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDD3

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

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