#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
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -33.80, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 36.89, 203.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.1087 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.116 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0830, 49.6208, 70.6140)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42CDD5	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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