#42CDD5#42CDD5

#42CDD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.116 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CDD5
RGBrgb(66, 205, 213)
HSLhsl(183, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(183, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.84, -33.80, -14.78)
CIE-LCHlch(75.84, 36.89, 203.62°)
OKLaboklab(77.89% -0.1087 -0.041)
OKLCHoklch(77.89% 0.116 200.7)
XYZxyz(36.0830, 49.6208, 70.6140)
Luminance0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CDD5 #D54A42
analogous
#42D593 #42CDD5 #4284D5
triadic
#42CDD5 #D542CD #CDD542
tetradic
#42CDD5 #9342D5 #D54A42 #84D542
square
#42CDD5 #9342D5 #D54A42 #84D542
split-complementary
#42CDD5 #D54284 #D59342
monochromatic
#1C7B80 #28ABB2 #42CDD5 #74DAE0 #A6E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92
#42CDD5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93
#42CDD5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDD5
10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CDD5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CDD51.001.9210.9310.93
#FFFFFF1.921.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9321.001.001.00
##00000010.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEC4D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A8B4D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D5CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.116 200.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce1',
    500: '#42cdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cdd5;
$custom-light: #8bdce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.265,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77885,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CDD5
secondary
#D89E9A
accent
#4A41E7
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FBFB
border
#CCD4D4
text
#0D1515
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDD5

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

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#42CDD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva