#42CDD4#42CDD4

#42CDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDD4
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -34.09, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 36.96, 202.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.1091 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.116 200)
XYZ	xyz(35.9565, 49.5702, 69.9476)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDD4 #D44942

analogous

#42D492 #42CDD4 #4284D4

triadic

#42CDD4 #D442CD #CDD442

tetradic

#42CDD4 #9242D4 #D44942 #84D442

square

#42CDD4 #9242D4 #D44942 #84D442

split-complementary

#42CDD4 #D44284 #D49242

monochromatic

#1D7A7F #28AAB1 #42CDD4 #74DADF #A6E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#42CDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDD4

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDD4	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)

#BEC4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adce1',
    500: '#42cdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdd4;
$custom-light: #8adce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.877,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77849,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.49574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDD4

secondary

#D89D9A

accent

#4A42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDD4

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

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