#42CDD6#42CDD6

#42CDD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.116 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDD6
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 214)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -33.51, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 36.83, 204.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.1083 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.116 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2103, 49.6717, 71.2845)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDD6 #D64B42

analogous

#42D695 #42CDD6 #4283D6

triadic

#42CDD6 #D642CD #CDD642

tetradic

#42CDD6 #9542D6 #D64B42 #83D642

square

#42CDD6 #9542D6 #D64B42 #83D642

split-complementary

#42CDD6 #D64283 #D69542

monochromatic

#1C7B82 #27ABB4 #42CDD6 #74DAE1 #A7E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CDD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#42CDD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDD6

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDD6	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.116 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce2',
    500: '#42cdd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdd6;
$custom-light: #8bdce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.649,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77921,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDD6

secondary

#D99F9B

accent

#4B40E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDD6

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

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